Human nature /
Ramsey, Grant, 1972-
Human nature / Grant Ramsey. - 1 online resource (56 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of biology, 2515-1126 . - Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of biology, .
Also issued in print: 2023.
Includes bibliographical references.
Open Access.
Human nature is frequently evoked to characterize our species and describe how it differs from others. But how should we understand this concept? What is the nature of a species? Some take our nature to be an essence and argue that because humans lack an essence, they also lack a nature. Others argue for non-essentialist ways of understanding human nature, which usually aim to provide criteria for sorting human traits into one of two bins, the one belonging to our nature and the other outside our nature. This Element argues that both the essentialist and trait bin approaches are misguided. Instead, the author develops a trait cluster account of human nature, which holds that human nature is based on the distribution of our traits over our (actual and possible) life histories. One benefit of this account is that it aligns human nature with the human sciences, rendering the central concern of the human sciences to be the study of human nature. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Specialized.
9781108685481 No price No price No price
10.1017/9781108685481 doi
Human behavior--Philosophy.
Philosophical anthropology.
BD450 / .R3 2023
128
Human nature / Grant Ramsey. - 1 online resource (56 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of biology, 2515-1126 . - Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of biology, .
Also issued in print: 2023.
Includes bibliographical references.
Open Access.
Human nature is frequently evoked to characterize our species and describe how it differs from others. But how should we understand this concept? What is the nature of a species? Some take our nature to be an essence and argue that because humans lack an essence, they also lack a nature. Others argue for non-essentialist ways of understanding human nature, which usually aim to provide criteria for sorting human traits into one of two bins, the one belonging to our nature and the other outside our nature. This Element argues that both the essentialist and trait bin approaches are misguided. Instead, the author develops a trait cluster account of human nature, which holds that human nature is based on the distribution of our traits over our (actual and possible) life histories. One benefit of this account is that it aligns human nature with the human sciences, rendering the central concern of the human sciences to be the study of human nature. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Specialized.
9781108685481 No price No price No price
10.1017/9781108685481 doi
Human behavior--Philosophy.
Philosophical anthropology.
BD450 / .R3 2023
128