Humans Versus Nature: A Global Environmental History by Daniel R. HeadrickRequirements: .ePUB reader, 6 MBOverview: Since the appearance of Homo sapiens on the planet hundreds of thousands of years ago, human beings have sought to exploit their environments, extracting as many resources as their technological ingenuity has allowed. As technologies have advanced in recent centuries, […]
The Boundaries of Human Nature: The Philosophical Animal from Plato to Haraway by Matthew CalarcoRequirements: .PDF reader, 2 MBOverview: Are animals capable of wonder? Can they be said to possess language and reason? What can animals teach us about how to live well? How can they help us to see the limitations of human civilization? […]
Meaning of Life, Human Nature, and Delusions: How Tales about Love, Sex, Races, Gods and Progress Affect Our Lives and Earth’s Splendor by Rui DiogoRequirements: .PDF reader, 22.3MBOverview: Whatever are your beliefs, background, education, political views or interests, one thing is sure: this book will engage you, teach you something new, and more importantly make […]
The Nature of Human Intelligence by Robert J. SternbergRequirements: .ePUB reader, 5 MBOverview: The study of human intelligence features many points of consensus, but there are also many different perspectives. In this unique book Robert J. Sternberg invites the nineteen most highly cited psychological scientists in the leading textbooks on human intelligence to share their […]
On Human Nature by Roger ScrutonRequirements: .MP3 reader, 112 MBOverview: In this short book, Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of human uniqueness. Confronting the views of evolutionary psychologists, utilitarian moralists, and philosophical materialists such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, Scruton argues that human beings cannot be understood simply as biological objects. […]