| Description |
xiv, 296 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Evolution and explanation. Human nature and practical reason. Science and wisdom. Evolutionary epistemology -- 2. Evolution and development. The missing phenoptype. Life history theory: developmental evolutionary ecology. Developmental systems: adaptations for reducing uncertainty -- 3. The nature of value. Optimal ontogeny: what is development for? Attachment theory -- 4. Representing value. Detecting the future. Evaluating the future -- 5. Sex and uncertainty. Early stress. The Absent Father Syndrome. The Young Male Syndrome: coercion. The Young Female Syndrome: single mothering. Attachment and reproduction -- 6. The cost of continuing. Evolution and well-being. Functions, freedom, and fitness |
| Summary |
"Following evolutionary theory to its logical conclusion, Death, Hope and Sex uses life history theory and attachment theory to construct a model of human nature in which critical features are understood in terms of the development of alternative reproductive strategies contingent on environmental risk and uncertainity. James Chisholm examines the implications of this model for perspectives on concerns associated with human reproduction including teen pregnancy and young male violence."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Also issued in hardback |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Online version of the print title |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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System requirements: Internet connectivity, World Wide Web browser, and Adobe Acrobat reader |
| Subject |
Genetic psychology.
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Human evolution.
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Human reproduction -- Social aspects.
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Mind and body.
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Nature and nurture.
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Philosophical anthropology.
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Philosophy of mind.
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Psychology.
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Biological Evolution.
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Genetics.
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Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical.
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Morals.
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Reproduction.
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| Author |
ebrary, Inc.
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| LC no. |
98048321 |
| ISBN |
9780521597081 (paperback) |
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