What makes us human?

by Pasternak, Charles A., (Charles Alexander)

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Title Statements

Full title :What makes us human? / edited by Charles Pasternak ; introduction by Walter Bodmer.

Summary

Foreword / Walter Bodmer -- Contributors -- 1. Imitation makes us human / Susan Blackmore -- 2. Memory, time, and language / Michael Corballis and Thomas Suddendorf -- 3. Why are humans not just great apes? / Robin Dunbar -- 4. The hominid that talked / Maurizio Gentilucci and Michael Corballis -- 5. Half ape, half angel? / the Rt. Reverend Richard Harries -- 6. Material facts from a nonmaterialist perspective / David Hulme -- 7. What makes us human? Our ancestors and the weather / Stephen Oppenheimer -- 8. Curiosity and quest / Charles Pasternak -- 9. Human evolution and the human condition / Ian Tattersall -- 10. The place of "deep social mind" in the evolution of human nature / Andrew Whiten -- 11. Causal belief makes us human / Lewis Wolpert -- 12. The cooking enigma / Richard Wrangham -- Index

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2007.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oneworld
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2007.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxvii, 212 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781435616677, 1435616677, 1282093738, 9781282093737
oclc:ocn189690591
LC Classification:BD450
Dewey Decimal:128

Cover -- Contents -- Imitation Makes Us Human -- Memory, Time, and Language -- Why Are Humans Not Just Great Apes? -- The Hominid that Talked -- Half Ape, Half Angel? -- Material Facts from a Nonmaterialist Perspective -- What Makes Us Human? 8211; Our Ancestors and the Weather -- Curiosity and Quest -- Human Evolution and the Human Condition -- The Place of 8216;Deep Social Mind in the Evolution of HumanNature -- Causal Belief Makes Us Human -- The Cooking Enigma.

Subjects

Anthropologie philosophique Aufsatzsammlung Filosofisk antropologi Kognition Människan Mänskligt beteende Philosophical anthropology Philosophische Anthropologie PHILOSOPHY -- Movements