Philosophical Questions and Biological Findings, Part I: Human Cooperativity, Competition, and Aggression
This first part of a two-part article illustrates how research in evolutionary biology and psychology illuminates questions arising in philosophy—specifically questions about the origins of severe, systemic aggression that arise in the mimetic theory of René Girard. Part I looks at: (i) how old the...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2020]
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Zygon
Year: 2020, Volume: 55, Issue: 4, Pages: 1058-1089 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Girard, René 1923-2015
/ Mimesis
/ Evolutionary biology
/ Cooperation
/ Multiplicity of crimes (Biology)
/ Aggressiveness
/ Philosophy
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IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy VA Philosophy |
Further subjects: | B
hunter-gatherer society
B cooperativity B René Girard B archaic societies B Human Aggression B Mimetic Theory |
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