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Free Will and the Human Sciences in Britain, 1870-1910
University of Pittsburgh Press, 2013 Paper: 978-0-8229-6476-6 | eISBN: 978-0-8229-8171-8 | Cloth: 978-1-84893-359-0 Library of Congress Classification BF64.S55 2013 Dewey Decimal Classification 153.8
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
From the late nineteenth century onwards religion gave way to science as the dominant force in society. This led to a questioning of the principle of free will—if the workings of the human mind could be reduced to purely physiological explanations, then what place was there for human agency and self-improvement? Smith takes an in-depth look at the problem of free will through the prism of different disciplines. Physiology, psychology, philosophy, evolutionary theory, ethics, history and sociology all played a part in the debates that took place. His subtly nuanced navigation through these arguments has much to contribute to our understanding of Victorian and Edwardian science and culture, as well as having relevance to current debates on the role of genes in determining behaviour. See other books on: Britain | Free Will | Free will and determinism | Human Sciences | Science and psychology See other titles from University of Pittsburgh Press |
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Free Will and the Human Sciences in Britain, 1870-1910
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC | REQUEST ACCESSIBLE FILE
University of Pittsburgh Press, 2013
Paper: 978-0-8229-6476-6
eISBN: 978-0-8229-8171-8
Cloth: 978-1-84893-359-0
Paper: 978-0-8229-6476-6
eISBN: 978-0-8229-8171-8
Cloth: 978-1-84893-359-0
From the late nineteenth century onwards religion gave way to science as the dominant force in society. This led to a questioning of the principle of free will—if the workings of the human mind could be reduced to purely physiological explanations, then what place was there for human agency and self-improvement?
Smith takes an in-depth look at the problem of free will through the prism of different disciplines. Physiology, psychology, philosophy, evolutionary theory, ethics, history and sociology all played a part in the debates that took place. His subtly nuanced navigation through these arguments has much to contribute to our understanding of Victorian and Edwardian science and culture, as well as having relevance to current debates on the role of genes in determining behaviour.
Smith takes an in-depth look at the problem of free will through the prism of different disciplines. Physiology, psychology, philosophy, evolutionary theory, ethics, history and sociology all played a part in the debates that took place. His subtly nuanced navigation through these arguments has much to contribute to our understanding of Victorian and Edwardian science and culture, as well as having relevance to current debates on the role of genes in determining behaviour.
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