Psychology
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- The Human Limits of Nature
- 'The Limits of Human Nature' was the title of the London Institute of Contemporary Arts winter lecture series for 1971-72. The distinguished group of contributors, included Alan Ryan, Arthur Koestler, David Bohm, Raymond Williams and John Maynard Smith. This contribution was published in J. Benthall, ed., 'The Limits of Human Nature' (Allen Lane, 1973), pp. 235-74.
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- The Meanings of Darwinism: Then and Now?
- Charles Darwin grew up in Shrewsbury, Shropshire and attended Shrewsbury School for seven years. The school held a Millennium Conference on 'Darwinism and Ethics for the Next Millennium' on 16 October 1999. Papers were given by Mary Midgley, Matt Ridley, Colin Tudge and Robert M. Young.
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- The Naturalization of Value Systems in the Human Sciences
- This essay first appeared as an Open University Course Unit for 'Science and Belief: from Darwin to Einstein', Block VI: Problems in the Biological and Human Sciences. Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1981, pp. 63-110.
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- What if Human Nature Is Historical
- This essay moves from pure ideology about changing human nature to using biofeedback as a transitional topic to spelling out the desiderata for treating human nature as a historical project.
- 985
- Association of Ideas
- This essay appeared in Philip P. Wiener, ed., 'Dictionary of the History of Ideas'. (January 01, 1968)
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- Animal Soul
- A history of the idea and a critique of reductionism. It appeared in Paul Edwards, ed., 'The Encyclopedia of Philosophy.' (January 01, 1967)
- 987
- Human Intelligence: Howard Gardner
- Biographical profile focusing on his contributions to the development of intelligence theory and testing.
- 988
- Mind, Brain and Adaptation in the Nineteenth Century
- A classic text on cerebral localization and its biological context from Gall to Ferrier.
- 992
- 'Animal traditions: Behavioural inheritance in evolution' reviewed by Herbert Gintis
- A skeptical assessment by Herbert Gintis.
- 993
- A Darwinian Left - Peter Singer
- A review, and links to other information about and reviews of 'A Darwinian Left' by Peter Singer.
- 996
- A Universe of Consciousness - Gerald M. Edelman and Giulio Tononi
- A review, and links to other information about and reviews of 'A Universe of Consciousness' by Gerald M. Edelman and Giulio Tononi.
- 997
- A neurosurgeon probes the nature of pain
- Jerome Groopman reviews 'Why We Hurt : The Natural History of Pain' by Frank T. Vertosick Jr
- 998
- Alas Poor Evolutionary Psychology: Unfairly Accused, Unjustly Condemned
- Book review of "Alas Poor Darwin", by Robert Kurzban. Assesses five charges against evolutionary psychology: genetic determinism, panadaptationism, unfalsifiable hypotheses, proximate explanations, and ideological bias.