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Darwin's shadow
Title statement Darwin's shadow / Manfred Velden Personal name Velden, Manfred (author) Publication Göttingen : V & R Unipress, 2012 Phys.des. 1 online zdroj (122 stran) ISBN 9783862347780 (online ; pdf) 3862347788 Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy a rejstřík Contents Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Body; Preface; Biologism -- an ideology; Darwin's mind and character; Darwin and modern biologism; Darwin's and modern psychology; The origin of human mental faculties; The predominant role of society and culture; The misreading of Darwin; The human mind and the supernatural; "Free will"-experiments: a flawed plea for determinism; Explanations at the level of the neuron: ever announced, never delivered; The shadow; Eugenics: paranoia masquerading as science; The heritability of mental traits; The heritability of intelligence: a chimera. Content note Heritability and malleability: no relationThe intelligence of immigrants; 11plus: a tragedy unnoticed; The molecular genetic basis of intelligence, homosexuality, and the belief in God: a story of missing genes; Scientific racism: a matter of scientific standards; Evolutionary psychology: what are the scientific gains?; "My brain did it": chasing the criminal brain; Biological cures for mental diseases: a promise still unfulfilled sixty years later; Landscapes of the pleistocene and what happened in Shakespeare's brain; Biologism and humanism; Literature. Notes to Availability Přístup pouze pro oprávněné uživatele Note Způsob přístupu: World Wide Web Defekty eBooks on EBSCOhost Personalities Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 Subj. Headings přirozený výběr natural selection * evoluce (biologie) evolution (biology) Form, Genre elektronické knihy electronic books Conspect 575 - Obecná genetika. Obecná cytogenetika. Evoluce UDC 575.827 , 575.8 , (0.034.2:08) Country Německo Language angličtina Document kind Electronic sources URL http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=505743 book
Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Body; Preface; Biologism -- an ideology; Darwin's mind and character; Darwin and modern biologism; Darwin's and modern psychology; The origin of human mental faculties; The predominant role of society and culture; The misreading of Darwin; The human mind and the supernatural; "Free will"-experiments: a flawed plea for determinism; Explanations at the level of the neuron: ever announced, never delivered; The shadow; Eugenics: paranoia masquerading as science; The heritability of mental traits; The heritability of intelligence: a chimera.Heritability and malleability: no relationThe intelligence of immigrants; 11plus: a tragedy unnoticed; The molecular genetic basis of intelligence, homosexuality, and the belief in God: a story of missing genes; Scientific racism: a matter of scientific standards; Evolutionary psychology: what are the scientific gains?; "My brain did it": chasing the criminal brain; Biological cures for mental diseases: a promise still unfulfilled sixty years later; Landscapes of the pleistocene and what happened in Shakespeare's brain; Biologism and humanism; Literature.
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