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Being human while trying to scientifically study human nature confronts us with our most vexing problem. Efforts to explicate the human mind are thwarted by our cultural biases and entrenched infirmities; our first-person experiences as practical agents convince us that we have capacities beyond the reach of scientific explanation. What we need to move forward in our understanding of human agency, Paul Sheldon Davies argues, is a reform in the way we study ourselves and a long overdue break with traditional humanist thinking. Davies locates a model for change in
Agent (Philosophy). --- Evolution. --- Philosophy of nature. --- Teleology. --- Darwin, Charles, --- Literary style. --- Agent (Philosophy) --- Evolution --- Philosophy of nature --- Teleology --- Design in natural phenomena, Study of --- Final cause --- Philosophy --- Causation --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Nature --- Nature, Philosophy of --- Natural theology --- Creation --- Emergence (Philosophy) --- Agency (Philosophy) --- Agents --- Person (Philosophy) --- Act (Philosophy) --- Darwin, Charles, Robert --- Darwin, Charles
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Being human while trying to scientifically study human nature confronts us with our most vexing problem. Efforts to explicate the human mind are thwarted by our cultural biases and entrenched infirmities; our first-person experiences as practical agents convince us that we have capacities beyond the reach of scientific explanation. What we need to move forward in our understanding of human agency, Paul Sheldon Davies argues, is a reform in the way we study ourselves and a long overdue break with traditional humanist thinking. Davies locates a model for change in
Agent (Philosophy) --- Evolution. --- Philosophy of nature. --- Teleology. --- Design in natural phenomena, Study of --- Final cause --- Philosophy --- Causation --- Evolution --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Nature --- Nature, Philosophy of --- Natural theology --- Creation --- Emergence (Philosophy) --- Teleology --- Agency (Philosophy) --- Agents --- Person (Philosophy) --- Act (Philosophy) --- Darwin, Charles, --- Darwin, Charles, Robert --- Literary style. --- agency, darwin, science, psychology, neuroscience, bias, cognition, human mind, nature, evolution, teleology, exploration, naturalism, reform, imperialism, conservatism, evolutionary biology, purpose, concept location project, moral responsibility, free will, freedom, independence, individualism, superiority, nonfiction, philosophy, self, natural world, environment, environmentalism, libertarianism.
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