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Between the Monster and the Saint Between the Monster and the Saint Richard Holloway,Richard Holloway,Holloway, Richard Being human isn't easy. We might think that consciousness and free will give us control over our lives but our minds are unpredictable places. We are susceptible to forces we don't understand. We are… OL15177187W
The abdication of philosophy, the abdication of man The abdication of philosophy, the abdication of man G. A. Rauche "A critical study of the interdependence of philosophy as critical theory and man as a free individual."--T.p. OL17946591W
After ethnos After ethnos Tobias Rees For most of the twentieth century, anthropologists understood themselves as ethnographers. The art of anthropology was the fieldwork-based description of faraway others -- of how social structures se… OL20587590W
Die Bestimmung des Menschen bei Johann Joachim Spalding Die Bestimmung des Menschen bei Johann Joachim Spalding Caroline Tippmann Die Rede von der Bestimmung des Menschen zielt nicht nur auf eine bis in die Gegenwart hinein zentral bleibende Fragestellung philosophisch-theologischer Anthropologie. Sie betrifft zugleich die exis… OL20954961W
Is there a human nature? Is there a human nature? Leroy S. Rouner These essays approach the question in two different ways. The first is a philosophical attempt at definition. Bhikhu Parekh agrees that there is a universal human nature but that there is also a natu… OL21182324W
Nature, human nature, and God Nature, human nature, and God Ian G. Barbour "Ian Barbour offers analyses of the shape and import of evolutionary theory, indeterminacy, neuroscience, information theory, and artificial intelligence. He also addresses deeper philosophical issue… OL2636127W
Human Identity and Bioethics Human Identity and Bioethics David DeGrazia When philosophers address personal identity, they usually explore numerical identity: what are the criteria for a person's continuing existence? When non-philosophers address personal identity, they … OL2976427W
L'Évolution créatrice L'Évolution créatrice CHAILLAND,Henri Bergson,Éditions CdBF French philosopher Henri Bergson's Creative Evolution was published in 1907 and translated into English in 1911. Very popular at the time, it gives an alternate mechanism for evolution - that it is m… OL76664W