03882nam a2200541 i 4500 on1407033510 EBZ 20251029164110.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 231027s2024 nyua ob 001 0 eng 2023040358 EBZ eng EBZ 9780197699263 electronic book 019769926X electronic book 9780197699270 electronic book 0197699278 electronic book 9780197699287 electronic book 0197699286 electronic book 9780197699256 paperback 9780197699249 hardcover pcc BJ1533.H9 N38 2024 MAIN Nathan, Marco J., author. 65395 The quest for human nature : what philosophy and science have learned / Marco J. Nathan. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024] 1 online resource (xii, 357 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier textual sapdv EBSCOhost Includes bibliographical references and index. "Science and philosophy have discovered quite a lot about humans. The emergence and development of biology, psychology, anthropology, and cognate fields has substantially increased our knowledge about who we are and where we come from. The first half of this book provides an overview of key cutting-edge topics, from evolutionary psychology to contemporary critiques of essentialism, from genetic determinism to innateness. Nevertheless, these discoveries fall short of a full-blown theory of human nature. Why? Perhaps there is nothing there to discover in the first place. Human nature, from this standpoint, is a myth and it is high time we dispose of it. This conclusion is misguided. The assumption of a shared human nature underlies some of the most pressing socio-political issues of our time. These are the subject matter of the second half of this book. From races to sex and gender, from medical therapy to disability, from biotechnological enhancement to transhumanism, all these hot debates - surveyed here in an accessible, concise, yet detailed fashion - presuppose a robust account of human nature that, however, science and philosophy are unable to provide. How do we get out of this conundrum? This study concludes that human nature is an epistemological indicator, a concept that sets out the agenda for much social, political, and normative discourse. Nevertheless, science cannot adequately capture it without thereby dissolving it"-- Provided by publisher. EBSCOhost "EBSCO evaluates our products based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and the related Section 508 and EN 301 549 regulations in the US and EU. Most EBSCO products are substantially conformant with WCAG 2.2 level AA." Source: https://connect.ebsco.com/s/article/EBSCO-VPATs?language=en_US. Last accessed April 22, 2025. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 23, 2024). Humanity. 65396 Philosophy and science. 65397 Electronic books. 58574 Print version: Nathan, Marco J. Quest for human nature New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024] 9780197699256 (DLC) 2023040357 EBSCOhost https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3768757 ProQuest Ebook Central EBLB EBL7383876 Oxford University Press USA OUPR 9780197699287 EBSCOhost EBSC 3768757 92 N$T 56195 56195