000			02008nam a22002897a 4500
001			sulb-eb0015114
003			BD-SySUS
005			20160405134114.0
008			130703s2014||||enk o ||1 0|eng|d
020			_a9781107295179 (ebook)
020			_z9781107055193 (hardback)
020			_z9781107697553 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aHM626 _b.S62 2014
082	0	0	_a302 _223
100	1		_aSmit, Harry, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Social Evolution of Human Nature : _bFrom Biology to Language / _cHarry Smit.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2014.
300			_a1 online resource (237 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThis book sheds new light on the problem of how the human mind evolved. Harry Smit argues that current studies of this problem misguidedly try to solve it by using variants of the Cartesian conception of the mind, and shows that combining the Aristotelian conception with Darwin's theory provides us with far more interesting answers. He discusses the core problem of how we can understand language evolution in terms of inclusive fitness theory, and investigates how scientific and conceptual insights can be integrated into one explanatory framework, which he contrasts with the alternative Cartesian-derived framework. He then explores the differences between these explanatory frameworks with reference to co-operation and conflict at different levels of biological organization, the evolution of communicative behaviour, the human mind, language, and moral behaviour. His book will interest advanced students and scholars in a range of subjects including philosophy, biology and psychology.
650		0	_aSocial evolution
650		0	_aSocial psychology
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107055193
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107295179
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c36958 _d36958