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Darwinian Misadventures in the Humanities

Darwinian Misadventures in the Humanities

Eugene Goodheart

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2009
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Filosofía
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9781412811477
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In recent decades the humanities have been in thrall to postmodern skepticism, while Darwinists, brimming with confidence in the genuine progress they have made in the sciences of biology and psychology, have set their sights on rescuing the humanities from the ravages of postmodernism

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