Ten Theories Of Human Nature

Author : Leslie Forster Stevenson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ten Theories of Human Nature written by Leslie Forster Stevenson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over four previous editions, Ten Theories of Human Nature has been a remarkably popular introduction to some of the most influential developments in Western and Eastern thought. This fifth edition features a new chapter on Buddhism and a completely revised and reorganized chapter on Darwinian theories. Lucid and accessible, Ten Theories of Human Nature, Fifth Edition, compresses into a small space the essence of such ancient traditions as Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and the Old and New Testaments as well as the theories of Plato, Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, Karl Marx, and Jean-Paul Sartre. The authors juxtapose the ideas of these and other thinkers and traditions in a way that helps readers understand how humanity has struggled to comprehend its nature. To encourage readers to think critically for themselves and to underscore the similarities and differences between the many theories, the book examines each one on four points--the nature of the universe, the nature of humanity, the diagnosis of the ills of humanity, and the proposed cure for these problems. Ideal for introductory courses in human nature, philosophy, religious studies, and intellectual history, Ten Theories of Human Nature, Fifth Edition, will engage and motivate students and other readers to consider how we can understand and improve both ourselves and human society.

Author : Leslie Stevenson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ten Theories of Human Nature written by Leslie Stevenson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A superb introduction to the timeless struggle to understand human nature, this book compresses into a small volume the essence of such thinkers as Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Jean Paul Sartre, B.F. Skinner, and Plato.

Author : Leslie Stevenson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780190604721
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thirteen Theories of Human Nature written by Leslie Stevenson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2017 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over six previous editions, Twelve Theories of Human Nature has been a remarkably popular introduction to some of the most influential developments in Western and Eastern thought. Now titled Thirteen Theories of Human Nature, this text continues to be an ideal introduction to human nature andintellectual history. This unique volume will engage and motivate students to consider how we can understand and improve both ourselves and human society.

Author : Leslie Stevenson
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 9780199859030
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Twelve Theories of Human Nature written by Leslie Stevenson and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-10-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucid and accessible, Twelve Theories of Human Nature compresses into a manageable space the essence of religious traditions such as Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, the Jewish Scriptures, the Christian New Testament, and Islam, as well as the philosophical theories of Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Sartre, and the would-be scientific accounts of human nature by Marx, Freud, and Darwin and his successors.

Author : Louis P. Pojman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who are We? written by Louis P. Pojman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pojman examines the major theories of Western philosophy and religion and Eastern thought in the context of human nature by contrasting Hebrew/Christian and classical Greek, medieval, Hindu and Buddhist, Kantian, conservative and liberal, Freudian, existential and materialistic perspectives.

Author : Leslie Stevenson; David L. Haberman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780195685671
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ten Theories Of Human Nature, 4E written by Leslie Stevenson; David L. Haberman and published by . This book was released on 2006-10-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Loptson
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1770482520
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theories of Human Nature - Third Edition written by Peter Loptson and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2006-01-06 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the idea of human nature and the many understandings of it put forward by such diverse figures as Aristotle, Rousseau, Marx, Freud, Darwin, and E.O. Wilson. Each chapter looks at a different theory and offers a concise explanation, assessing the theory's plausibility without forcing it into a mould. Some chapters deal with the ideas of only one thinker, while others (such as the chapters on liberalism and feminism) present a variety of different positions. A clear distinction is made between theories of human nature and the political theories which so often follow from them. For the new edition, Loptson has addressed the new developments in the rapidly expanding genetic and paleontological record, as well as expanded the discussion of the Christian theory of human nature by incorporating the ideas of the Marx scholar and social theorist G.A. Cohen. The new edition has also been substantively revised and updated throughout.

Author : Leslie Forster Stevenson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seven Theories of Human Nature written by Leslie Forster Stevenson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1974 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Whitley R.P. Kaufman
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137592885
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Nature and the Limits of Darwinism written by Whitley R.P. Kaufman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book compares two competing theories of human nature: the more traditional theory espoused in different forms by centuries of western philosophy and the newer, Darwinian model. In the traditional view, the human being is a hybrid being, with a lower, animal nature and a higher, rational or “spiritual” component. The competing Darwinian account does away with the idea of a higher nature and attempts to provide a complete reduction of human nature to the evolutionary goals of survival and reproduction. Whitley Kaufman presents the case that the traditional conception, regardless of one's religious views or other beliefs, provides a superior account of human nature and culture. We are animals, but we are also rational animals. Kaufman explores the most fundamental philosophical questions as they relate to this debate over human nature—for example: Is free will an illusion? Is morality a product of evolution, with no objective basis? Is reason merely a tool for promoting reproductive success? Is art an adaptation for attracting mates? Is there any higher meaning or purpose to human life? Human Nature and the Limits of Darwinism aims to assess the competing views of human nature and present a clear account of the issues on this most pressing of questions. It engages in a close analysis of the numerous recent attempts to explain all human aims in terms of Darwinian processes and presents the arguments in support of the traditional conception of human nature.

Author : John Dupré
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199248060
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Nature and the Limits of Science written by John Dupré and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dupré warns that our understanding of human nature is being distorted by two faulty and harmful forms of pseudo-scientific thinking. He claims it is important to resist scientism - an exaggerated conception of what science can be expected to do.