Neither gods nor beasts
Subtitle: how science is changing who we think we are
By: Elof Axel Carlson.
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780879697860
Subjects: Science -- Social aspects; Science and civilization; Science -- Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Humanity in a prescientific universe; title: Living on automatic pilot; title: Between gods and beasts; title: Our negative image of our animal self; title: Confronting and recognizing our biology; title: Biology becomes mechanistic and emerges as a science; title: The human body is composed of cells; title: The body evolves; title: Most human traits are determined by genes, which are composed of DNA; title: We have a life cycle and sexuality that is genetically programmed; title: Neurobiology reveals how the brain works; title: How should we perceive humanity in the third millennium?; title: The blank slate, the human nature, and the biological determinism fallacies; title: Human nature as potentials for forming communities; title: Science enriches our appreciation of the arts and humanities; title: Moral values bind a community; title: The human condition and our world view change every generation; title: Rethinking science teaching; title: A human outlook for the third millennium.