Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour

Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour
ISBN-10
0199586969
ISBN-13
9780199586967
Category
Philosophy
Pages
270
Language
English
Published
2011-04-07
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Authors
Kevin N. Laland, Gillian Brown, Gillian R. Brown

Description

This book asks whether evolution can help us to understand human behaviour and explores diverse evolutionary methods and arguments. It provides a short, readable introduction to the science behind the works of Dawkins, Dennett, Wilson and Pinker. It is widely used in undergraduate courses around the world.

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