What's Left of Human Nature?: A Post-Essentialist, Pluralist, and Interactive Account of a Contested Concept

by Maria Kronfeldner

Book Overview

A philosophical account of human nature that defends the concept against dehumanization, Darwinian, and developmentalist challenges.

Human nature has always been a foundational issue for philosophy. What does it mean to have a human nature? Is the concept the relic of a bygone age? What is the use of such a concept? What are the epistemic and ontological commitments people make when they use the concept? In What's Left of Human...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262549689
• ISBN13: 9780262549684
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher