The Human Instinct: How We Evolved to Have Reason, Consciousness, and Free Will
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (909 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1476790264 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Among his honors are the Stephen Jay Gould Prize from the Society for the Study of Evolution, the Laetare Medal from Notre Dame University, and the Award for Public Engagement with Science from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Miller is professor of biology at Brown University and the critically acclaimed bestselling author of Only a Theory, Finding Darwin’s God, and The Human Interest. Levine, of
Miller to argue that this view betrays a gross misunderstanding of evolution. We are just one species among multitudes, and therefore no more significant than any other living creature.Now comes Brown University biologist Kenneth R. Natural selection surely explains how our brains were shaped, but Miller persuasively argues that it’s not a social or cultural theory of everything. In The Human Instinct, he rejects the idea that our biological heritage dictates that human thought, action, and imagination are pre-determined. A radical, optimistic exploration of how humans evolved to develop reason, consciousness, and free will.Lately, the most passionate advocates of the theory of evolution present it as bad news. Scientists such as Richard Dawkins, Lawrenc
Among his honors are the Stephen Jay Gould Prize from the Society for the Study of Evolution, the Laetare Medal from Notre Dame University, and the Award for Public Engagement with Science from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. About the Author Kenneth R. He serves as a science advisor to TheNewsHour on PBS and is coauthor, with Joseph S. Levine, of the nation’s leading biology textbook. Miller is professor of biology at Brown University and the critically acclaimed bestselling author of Only a Theory, Finding Darwin’s God, and The Human Interest.