{"product_id":"darwin-and-the-emergence-of-evolutionary-theories-of-mind-and-behavior-paperback","title":"Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert J. Richards\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith insight and wit, Robert J. Richards focuses on the development of evolutionary theories of mind and behavior from their first distinct appearance in the eighteenth century to their controversial state today. Particularly important in the nineteenth century were Charles Darwin's ideas about instinct, reason, and morality, which Richards considers against the background of Darwin's personality, training, scientific and cultural concerns, and intellectual community. Many critics have argued that the Darwinian revolution stripped nature of moral purpose and ethically neutered the human animal. Richards contends, however, that Darwin, Herbert Spencer, and their disciples attempted to reanimate moral life, believing that the evolutionary process gave heart to unselfish, altruistic behavior. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Richards's book is now the obvious introduction to the history of ideas about mind and behavior in the nineteenth century.\"-Mark Ridley, Times Literary Supplement \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Not since the publication of Michael Ghiselin's \u003ci\u003eThe Triumph of the Darwinian Method\u003c\/i\u003e has there been such an ambitious, challenging, and methodologically self-conscious interpretation of the rise and development and evolutionary theories and Darwin's role therein.\"-John C. Greene, \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"His book . . . triumphantly achieves the goal of all great scholarship: it not only informs us, but shows us why becoming thus informed is essential to understanding our own issues and projects.\"-Daniel C. Dennett, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Science \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book traces the development of evolutionary theories of mind and behavior from their first distinctive appearance in the 18th century to their controverted state in the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert J. Richards\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history, philosophy, and behavioral science at the University of Chicago. He is a member of the Committee on the Conceptual Foundations of Science and director of the Program in History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science and Medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 718\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.49 x 8.96 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45281138409574,"sku":"9780226712000","price":121.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/V29FY1doWnFxc1BKRUdCMG9iSlZ2QT09.webp?v=1773906628","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/darwin-and-the-emergence-of-evolutionary-theories-of-mind-and-behavior-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}