Evolutionary Theory and Human Nature

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. In Search of Human Nature: Reason and Rationality

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   Pages 1-26

3. Biology and the Social Sciences: The Issue of Morality

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   Pages 27-52

4. Biology and the Social Sciences: Epistemological and Ontological Issues

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   Pages 53-93

5. The Biology of Emotional-Cognitive Processing

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   Pages 95-120

6. The Psychology of Human Emotional-Cognitive Processes

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   Pages 121-150

7. Advanced Cognition

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   Pages 151-178

8. Human Nature and Social Propensities

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   Pages 179-206

9. In Search of Political Society

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   Pages 207-233

10. Back Matter

    Pages 234-257

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Evolutionary Theory and Human Nature is an original, highly theoretical work dealing with the transition from genes to behavior using general principles of evolution, especially those of sexual selection. It seeks to develop a seamless transition from genes to human motivations as bio-electric brain processes (emotional-cognitive processes), to human nature propensities (various constellations of emotional-cognitive forces, desires and fears) to species typical patterns of behavior.
This work covers two often antagonistic fields: biology and the social sciences. It should be of strong interest to anthropologists, sociologists, sociobiologists, psychobiologists and psychologists who are interested in the question of human nature influences on social behavior.

• biology
• evolution
• morality

• University of Central England, Birmingham, UK

  Ron Vannelli

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