Willing the Good : Empirical Challenges to the Explanation of Human Behavior.

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Author / Creator:De Anna, Gabriele.
Imprint:Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.
Description:1 online resource (279 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11171792
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ISBN:9781443845892
1443845892
9781443841511
144384151X
9781299659629
1299659624
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Science increasingly deals with human behavior: biology, neuroscience, genetics, psychology, evolutionary theory, and ethology all bring new insights into our actions and uncover new facts about our agency. However, what is the philosophical significance of their findings? The answer to this question varies according to one's background philosophical views. On the one hand, the dominant empiricist view contends that the sciences can in principle tell us everything there is to know about human ...
Other form:Print version: De Anna, Gabriele. Willing the Good : Empirical Challenges to the Explanation of Human Behavior. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2012 9781443841511