Humans and Other Animals
- ISBN-10
- 0199247099
- ISBN-13
- 9780199247097
- Series
- Humans and Other Animals
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- John Dupré
Description
John Dupr explores the ways in which we categorize animals, including humans, and comes to refreshingly radical conclusions. It is a mistake to think that each organism has an essence that determines its necessary place in a unique hierarchy. We should reject the misguided concepts of a universal human nature and normality in human behavior. He shows that we must take a pluralistic view of biology and the human sciences.
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Other editions
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- 1989
- 244 pages
- Paperback
- Pluto Press
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