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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Main Author: Pally, Marcia (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2020]
In: 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
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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