Beyond human nature : how culture and experience shape the human mind / Jesse J. Prinz.
2012
155.234 P957b 2012
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Title
Beyond human nature : how culture and experience shape the human mind / Jesse J. Prinz.
Author
Edition
1st American ed.
ISBN
9780393061758 (hardcover)
0393061752 (hardcover)
0393061752 (hardcover)
Imprint
New York : W.W. Norton, 2012.
Language
English
Description
xii, 401 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Other Standard Identifiers
40021651247
Call Number
155.234 P957b 2012
System Control No.
(OCoLC)601108239
(OCoLC)601108239
(OCoLC)601108239
Summary
A cognitive scientist describes how the influence of experience and culture can override DNA in an attempt to shatter the myth that illness and addiction are unavoidable as dictated by genetic composition.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-387) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
The nature-nurture debate
Where do traits come from? : Putting the genome back in the bottle ; Get smart
Where does knowledge come from? : What babies know ; Sensible ideas
Where does language come from? : The gift of the gab ; Words and worlds
Where does thinking come from? : The Tao of thought ; Gender and geometry
Where do feelings come from? : Fear and loathing in Micronesia ; Gladness and madness
Where do values come from? : Coping with cannibalism ; In bed with Darwin.
Where do traits come from? : Putting the genome back in the bottle ; Get smart
Where does knowledge come from? : What babies know ; Sensible ideas
Where does language come from? : The gift of the gab ; Words and worlds
Where does thinking come from? : The Tao of thought ; Gender and geometry
Where do feelings come from? : Fear and loathing in Micronesia ; Gladness and madness
Where do values come from? : Coping with cannibalism ; In bed with Darwin.
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