Human Nature

Grant Ramsey (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)

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English

Cambridge University Press
10 August 2023

Anthropology; Psychology; Philosophy of science; Early man

Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Biology

Human nature is frequently evoked to characterize our species and describe how it differs from others. But how should we understand this concept? What is the nature of a species? Some take our nature to be an essence and argue that because humans lack an essence, they also lack a nature. Others argue for non-essentialist ways of understanding human nature, which usually aim to provide criteria for sorting human traits into one of two bins, the one belonging to our nature and the other outside our nature. This Element argues that both the essentialist and trait bin approaches are misguided. Instead, the author develops a trait cluster account of human nature, which holds that human nature is based on the distribution of our traits over our (actual and possible) life histories. One benefit of this account is that it aligns human nature with the human sciences, rendering the central concern of the human sciences to be the study of human nature. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

By: Grant Ramsey (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 247g
ISBN: 9781009440646
ISBN 10: 1009440640
Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Biology
Pages: 75
Publication Date: 10 August 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction; 2. Against Human Nature; 3. Is Human Nature a Bin of Traits?; 4. The Trait Cluster Account of Human Nature; 5. Challenges to the LTC Account of Human Nature; 6. What Can We Do with the LTC Account of Human Nature?; 7. Conclusions; References.