Alsberg / Dodd In Quest of Man

A Biological Approach to the Problem of Man's Place in Nature
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-5155-7
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Web PDF

In Quest of Man: A Biological Approach to the Problem of Man's Place in Nature presents man's essential nature to take part in cultural evolution as well as in biological evolution. This book provides the framework for the understanding of living things in general. Organized into four parts encompassing 21 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the principle that started and governed the particular process of human cultural evolution. This text then discusses, in the light of human evolution, man's place in nature, his evolutionary career, and his natural destination. Other chapters consider the underlying compulsory principle that is appropriately called as the principle of body-compulsion. This book discusses as well the exposition of the exclusive principle that is responsible for the singular heterogeneity of human evolution. The final chapter deals with the argument that manlikeness of apes is an essential animal attribute, which refers to a certain resemblance to the human form and does not imply nor mean identity. This book is a valuable resource for scientists, sociologists, biologists, and geneticists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alsberg, Paul

Dodd, J. M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover ;1
2;In Quest of Man: A Biological Approach to the Problem of Man's Place in Nature;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;List of Figures and Plates;8
6;Foreword;10
7;Preface;14
8;Part One: THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION AND MAN;16
8.1;Introduction;18
8.2;CHAPTER 1. The Theory of Evolution;22
8.3;CHAPTER 2. The Battle for the Soul of Man;27
8.4;CHAPTER 3. The Fallacious Inference;31
8.5;CHAPTER 4. An Unsolved Problem;37
9;Part Two: THE PRINCIPLE OF HUMANE VOLUTION;42
9.1;CHAPTER 5. The Principle of Human Evolution;44
9.2;CHAPTER 6. Technology;58
9.3;CHAPTER 7. Speech;63
9.4;CHAPTER 8. Reason;73
9.5;CHAPTER 9. Science, Morals, and Aesthetics;84
9.6;CHAPTER 10. Tool-use by Animals;89
9.7;CHAPTER 11. Animal Language;98
9.8;CHAPTER 12. Animal Mind;105
9.9;CHAPTER 13. The Uniqueness of Man;115
10;Part Three: MANMAKES HIS START;126
10.1;CHAPTER 14. The Mysterious Birth of Man;128
10.2;CHAPTER 15. The Hypothetical Common Ancestor;136
10.3;CHAPTER 16. The Start of Man;147
10.4;CHAPTER 17. Theory and Fact;157
11;Part Four: MAN'S PLACE IN NATURE;180
11.1;CHAPTER 18. Man and the Ape;182
11.2;CHAPTER 19. The Human Level of Integration;188
11.3;CHAPTER 20. The Natural Destination of Man;193
11.4;CHAPTER 21. Evolution and Metaphysics;206
12;Index;230