Being human : Psychological perspectives on human nature / Richard Gross

By:

Gross, Richard D

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Routledge, 2019. Edition: 2nd edDescription: x, 234 p.: ill.; 15.6 x 1.42 x 23.39 cmISBN:

9780367150983

Subject(s):

Homme Psychologie and Human beings Psychology

DDC classification:

23 128 GRO

Contents:

1 Introduction: How should we understand 'human nature'? 2 Origins of the concept of 'human nature': Views from religion, philosophy, biology, and psychology. 3 The Biology of Human Nature: Genetics and the Brain 4 Consciousness and self-consciousness 5 Cognitive aspects of human nature: the recursive mind 6 Behaviourist and Psychodynamic accounts: People as driven by forces beyond their control 7 The Humanistic-phenomenological approach: People as self-determining organisms 8 The Social Psychology of Good and Evil: Situationism versus Dispositionism 9 Culture and human nature 10 The future of human evolution: From Homo sapiens to gods

Summary: Psychological versus natural kinds Suggested further reading; Chapter 3 The biology of human nature: Genetics and the brain; Key questions; Religious versus evolutionary perspectives; An outline of genetics; Evolution of the brain; Summary and conclusions: so what, if anything, is special about the human brain?; Suggested further reading; Chapter 4 Consciousness and self-consciousness; Key questions; The nature of consciousness; How do we know that anyone else - or any non-human animal - is conscious?; Self-recognition: a way of assessing consciousness

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Philosophy & psychology	Non-fiction	128 GRO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		47149

1 Introduction: How should we understand 'human nature'?
2 Origins of the concept of 'human nature': Views from religion, philosophy, biology, and psychology.
3 The Biology of Human Nature: Genetics and the Brain
4 Consciousness and self-consciousness
5 Cognitive aspects of human nature: the recursive mind
6 Behaviourist and Psychodynamic accounts: People as driven by forces beyond their control
7 The Humanistic-phenomenological approach: People as self-determining organisms
8 The Social Psychology of Good and Evil: Situationism versus Dispositionism
9 Culture and human nature
10 The future of human evolution: From Homo sapiens to gods

Psychological versus natural kinds Suggested further reading; Chapter 3 The biology of human nature: Genetics and the brain; Key questions; Religious versus evolutionary perspectives; An outline of genetics; Evolution of the brain; Summary and conclusions: so what, if anything, is special about the human brain?; Suggested further reading; Chapter 4 Consciousness and self-consciousness; Key questions; The nature of consciousness; How do we know that anyone else - or any non-human animal - is conscious?; Self-recognition: a way of assessing consciousness

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