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Lifelines : biology, freedom, determinism /
By: Rose, Steven P. R. (Steven Peter Russell)
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Publisher: Ringwood, Vic. : Penguin, 1998, c1997Description: xvii, 333 p. ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0140237003 (pbk.) :; 9780140237009:.Subject(s): Determinism (Philosophy) | Biology | Behavior genetics -- Political aspects | Nature and nurture | Nature and nurture -- Philosophy | Psychology -- Methodology -- Philosophy | Reductionism | Psychiatry -- Methodology -- Philosophy | United States -- Social policyDDC classification: 304.5 Summary: Here, Rose confronts the ideology of ultra-Darwinism, which reduces humans to little more than machines for replicating DNA. Instead, he offers a new perspecitve on biology which acknowledges the essentially complex nature of life.
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 304.5 ROS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0043354 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Here, Rose confronts the ideology of ultra-Darwinism, which reduces humans to little more than machines for replicating DNA. Instead, he offers a new perspecitve on biology which acknowledges the essentially complex nature of life.