---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: c b <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:15 PM Subject: human nature To: charles brown <[email protected]>
On 11/30/2010 9:00 AM, Jim Devine wrote: > Jay Hanson wrote: >> Yes, common physical and mental characteristics across all humans. When >> I use the term "human nature," I am using it as contemporary scientists >> (biologists, etc.) use it. Humans are social animals, both competing and >> cooperating simultaneously. > Interestingly, that fits with J-J Rousseau's perspective (which was > _not_ that humans are "blank slates," contrary to that fool Steven > Pinker). He saw us as having two basic instincts: self-preservation > and empathy for others. ^^^^^ CB: Shameless self-promotion: the discipline that is most directly involved in scientific discovery of human nature is anthropology, cultural and biological. General biologists study other species mainly. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
