Author: Stevenson, Leslie Forster
Title: Seven Theories of Human Nature
Description: New York, Oxford University Press, 1987. 2nd edition, orig.boards. 22x14cm, x,147 pp. Includes bibliographies and index.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Introduction: Rival Theories; The Criticism of Theories; Seven Theories: Plato: The Rule of the Wise; Christianity: God's Salvation; Marx:Communist Revolution; Freud: Psychoanalysis; Sartre: Atheistic Existentialism; Skinner: The Conditioning of Behaviour; Lorenz: Innate Aggression; Conlusion: Some Lines for Further Inquiry...."This revised edition has been updated and enlarged to include new recommendations for further reading and a new conclusion. Stevenson has taken into consideration the fact that most of his readers will not go on to study academic philosophy, but will rather wish to pursue more empirical questions about human nature in a less abstract fashion. Discussions of evolution, of sociobiology and of the importance of gender differences are among the features of this final chapter. " Publisher's description.

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