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- catalog abstract ""In On Our Minds, Eric M. Gander examines all sides of the public debate between evolutionary psychologists and their critics. Paying particularly close attention to the popular science writings of Steven Pinker, Edward O. Wilson, Richard Dawkins, and Stephen Jay Gould, Gander traces the history of the controversy, succinctly summarizes the claims and theories of the evolutionary psychologists, dissects the various arguments deployed by each side, and considers in detail the far-reaching ramifications - social, cultural, and political - of this debate. Gander's lucid and highly readable account concludes that evolutionary psychology now holds the potential to answer our oldest and most profound moral and philosophical questions, fundamentally changing our self-perception as a species."--Jacket.".
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- catalog contributor b13071104.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""In On Our Minds, Eric M. Gander examines all sides of the public debate between evolutionary psychologists and their critics. Paying particularly close attention to the popular science writings of Steven Pinker, Edward O. Wilson, Richard Dawkins, and Stephen Jay Gould, Gander traces the history of the controversy, succinctly summarizes the claims and theories of the evolutionary psychologists, dissects the various arguments deployed by each side, and considers in detail the far-reaching ramifications - social, cultural, and political - of this debate. Gander's lucid and highly readable account concludes that evolutionary psychology now holds the potential to answer our oldest and most profound moral and philosophical questions, fundamentally changing our self-perception as a species."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-278) and index.".
- catalog description "Stephen Jay Gould historicizes science -- Richard Herrnstein stirs up controversy at Harvard yard -- Edward O. Wilson brings more controversy to the yard -- Richard Lewontin and his colleagues demur -- Nature's "very special way" -- What is the mind? -- The challenges of reverse engineering -- The benefits of hardwiring -- What cultures can the mind run? -- The evolutionary psychology of "Little house on the prairie".".
- catalog extent "x, 293 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "On our minds.".
- catalog identifier "0801873878 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "On our minds.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "On our minds.".
- catalog subject "155.7 21".
- catalog subject "2004 A-522".
- catalog subject "BF 698.95 G195o 2003".
- catalog subject "BF698.95 .G36 2003".
- catalog subject "Biological Evolution.".
- catalog subject "Biological Psychiatry.".
- catalog subject "Evolutionary psychology.".
- catalog subject "Genetics, Behavioral.".
- catalog subject "Psychology.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Stephen Jay Gould historicizes science -- Richard Herrnstein stirs up controversy at Harvard yard -- Edward O. Wilson brings more controversy to the yard -- Richard Lewontin and his colleagues demur -- Nature's "very special way" -- What is the mind? -- The challenges of reverse engineering -- The benefits of hardwiring -- What cultures can the mind run? -- The evolutionary psychology of "Little house on the prairie".".
- catalog title "On our minds : how evolutionary psychology is reshaping the nature-versus-nurture debate / Eric M. Gander.".
- catalog type "text".