What Makes Us Human? |
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| Author:
| Pasternak, Charles |
| ISBN: | 978-1-282-09373-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Publisher: | OneWorld Publications
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $15.00 |
Book Description:
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In What Makes Us Human? some of the world's most brilliant thinkers offer their answers to this perennial puzzle, including Susan Blackmore, Robin Dunbar, Richard Harries, Kenan Malik and Lewis Wolpert. Together they draw on a broad spectrum of disciplines, from anthropology, medicine, and neuroscience, to philosophy, psychology and religion, to ask what makes us distinctively human. Is it our cognitive abilities, our use of tools, our story-telling, our beliefs, our curiosity, our...
More DescriptionIn What Makes Us Human? some of the world's most brilliant thinkers offer their answers to this perennial puzzle, including Susan Blackmore, Robin Dunbar, Richard Harries, Kenan Malik and Lewis Wolpert. Together they draw on a broad spectrum of disciplines, from anthropology, medicine, and neuroscience, to philosophy, psychology and religion, to ask what makes us distinctively human. Is it our cognitive abilities, our use of tools, our story-telling, our beliefs, our curiosity, our ability to cook, or our culture?