Meaning of Life, Human Nature, and Delusions
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Meaning of Life, Human Nature, and Delusions
How Tales about Love, Sex, Races, Gods and Progress Affect Our Lives and Earth's Splendor
Diogo, Rui
Springer International Publishing AG
12/2021
863
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Inglês
9783319704005
15 a 20 dias
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Standing on the shoulders of farsighted humans
Book dedication
Acknowledgements
List of Boxes Preface1 Introduction1.1 Standing on the shoulders of others: a book of thousand different voices1.2 Notes on interdisciplinarity2 Death and cosmic purpose of life2.1 Quests to find a cosmic purpose of life2.2 Beliefs, religion, and evolution2.3 Fear of death, purpose, human evolution, and discrimination 2.4 Teleology, morality, organized religions, and advantages of believing 2.5 Beliefs, atheism, and spirituality3 Our place in nature, progress, racism and eugenics3.1 'Progress', racism and quests to understand our place in nature 3.2 Cultural, or 'epigenetic', versus innate, or 'genetic', notions of race 3.3 Aristotle, Galen, monkeys, human anatomy, and Chain of Being 3.4 Apes and rise of innate notions of 'race' such as white supremacy 3.5 Apish-humans, Malthus and Darwin's 'struggle-for-life', Freud's psychoanalysis, and eugenics 3.6 Medical experimentation, 'progress', eugenics, and genocide 4 Myths and reality about 'savages' and 'civilization'
4.1 'Savages', 'civilization' and inequality 4.2 Agriculture, labor, slavery, leisure, health and 'progress' 4.3. Hobbes, Rousseau's 'Noble Savage', and violence
5 Sex, love, marriage, 'meant to be', and misogyny 5.1 Teleological stories, homosexuality, romantic love, sex, and marriage 5.2 Agriculture, religion, 'original sin', monogamy, and misogyny 5.3 Women, men, sexual desire and orgasms 5.4 Sex at dawn, Sex at dusk, scientific biases, 'traditional societies', and jealousy 5.5 History of marriage, love and sex, and links to health and happiness 5.6 Misogyny, history, teleology, religion, and Hypatia of Alexandria 5.7 Myths and facts concerning narratives on gender differences and roles
6 Darwin, capitalism, 'social Darwinism', colonialism, and beliefs
6.1 Darwin, Darwinism, idealization, adaptationism, and just-so-stories 6.2 Purpose, struggle-for-life, selfish genes, straw-men and suicide 6.3 'Progress', 'higher' or 'favored' groups, racism, misogyny, and capitalism 6.4 Teleological narratives, 'savages', colonialism, slavery, and neo-colonialism 7 Brains, conspiracies, witches, monsters, wars and animal abuse
7.1 Brains, behavior, genes, and religions 7.2 Randomness, lack of control, conspiracy theories, and political beliefs 7.3 Witches, sexuality, misogyny, religion, magic, and QAnon conspiracies 7.4 Teleological tales, violence, and torture 7.5 Homo irrationalis, ideology, war, terrorism and mass killings 7.6 'Savages', 'civilization', animal abuse, Enlightenment and humanism 7.7 'Monsters', disabilities, 'mother's fault', God's visitation, and mass murder 8 'Progress', morality, truth, 'good' and 'evil'
8.1 Morality, 'human exceptionalism', 'progress', revolutions, and health 8.2 'Noble savages', 'good', 'evil', technologic development, and loneliness 8.3 Affluence, abundance, growth and inequity, quality of life and euthanasia 8.4 Rousseau, Hobbes, biases, and 'civilization' 8.5 Child mortality, sex, atrocities, wellbeing, unlimited wants, and our planet
9 Towards a fulfilling life in this splendid, non-purposeful, planet
9.1 Nature, nurture, religion, enculturation, self-domestication and self-punishment 9.2. Homo irrationalis, socialis et fictus in Neverland: unreality, illusions and delusions 9.3 No need for better angels, economic fairytales, nor new teleological narratives and illusions 9.4 Medicine, wellbeing, and the price we pay for Neverland, alternative facts, and fake news 9.5 Lucretius, Epicurus, Sagan, Gould: towards a fulfilling life in a splendid non-purposeful cosmos
References and suggestions for further reading
Figure credits Index
Book dedication
Acknowledgements
List of Boxes Preface1 Introduction1.1 Standing on the shoulders of others: a book of thousand different voices1.2 Notes on interdisciplinarity2 Death and cosmic purpose of life2.1 Quests to find a cosmic purpose of life2.2 Beliefs, religion, and evolution2.3 Fear of death, purpose, human evolution, and discrimination 2.4 Teleology, morality, organized religions, and advantages of believing 2.5 Beliefs, atheism, and spirituality3 Our place in nature, progress, racism and eugenics3.1 'Progress', racism and quests to understand our place in nature 3.2 Cultural, or 'epigenetic', versus innate, or 'genetic', notions of race 3.3 Aristotle, Galen, monkeys, human anatomy, and Chain of Being 3.4 Apes and rise of innate notions of 'race' such as white supremacy 3.5 Apish-humans, Malthus and Darwin's 'struggle-for-life', Freud's psychoanalysis, and eugenics 3.6 Medical experimentation, 'progress', eugenics, and genocide 4 Myths and reality about 'savages' and 'civilization'
4.1 'Savages', 'civilization' and inequality 4.2 Agriculture, labor, slavery, leisure, health and 'progress' 4.3. Hobbes, Rousseau's 'Noble Savage', and violence
5 Sex, love, marriage, 'meant to be', and misogyny 5.1 Teleological stories, homosexuality, romantic love, sex, and marriage 5.2 Agriculture, religion, 'original sin', monogamy, and misogyny 5.3 Women, men, sexual desire and orgasms 5.4 Sex at dawn, Sex at dusk, scientific biases, 'traditional societies', and jealousy 5.5 History of marriage, love and sex, and links to health and happiness 5.6 Misogyny, history, teleology, religion, and Hypatia of Alexandria 5.7 Myths and facts concerning narratives on gender differences and roles
6 Darwin, capitalism, 'social Darwinism', colonialism, and beliefs
6.1 Darwin, Darwinism, idealization, adaptationism, and just-so-stories 6.2 Purpose, struggle-for-life, selfish genes, straw-men and suicide 6.3 'Progress', 'higher' or 'favored' groups, racism, misogyny, and capitalism 6.4 Teleological narratives, 'savages', colonialism, slavery, and neo-colonialism 7 Brains, conspiracies, witches, monsters, wars and animal abuse
7.1 Brains, behavior, genes, and religions 7.2 Randomness, lack of control, conspiracy theories, and political beliefs 7.3 Witches, sexuality, misogyny, religion, magic, and QAnon conspiracies 7.4 Teleological tales, violence, and torture 7.5 Homo irrationalis, ideology, war, terrorism and mass killings 7.6 'Savages', 'civilization', animal abuse, Enlightenment and humanism 7.7 'Monsters', disabilities, 'mother's fault', God's visitation, and mass murder 8 'Progress', morality, truth, 'good' and 'evil'
8.1 Morality, 'human exceptionalism', 'progress', revolutions, and health 8.2 'Noble savages', 'good', 'evil', technologic development, and loneliness 8.3 Affluence, abundance, growth and inequity, quality of life and euthanasia 8.4 Rousseau, Hobbes, biases, and 'civilization' 8.5 Child mortality, sex, atrocities, wellbeing, unlimited wants, and our planet
9 Towards a fulfilling life in this splendid, non-purposeful, planet
9.1 Nature, nurture, religion, enculturation, self-domestication and self-punishment 9.2. Homo irrationalis, socialis et fictus in Neverland: unreality, illusions and delusions 9.3 No need for better angels, economic fairytales, nor new teleological narratives and illusions 9.4 Medicine, wellbeing, and the price we pay for Neverland, alternative facts, and fake news 9.5 Lucretius, Epicurus, Sagan, Gould: towards a fulfilling life in a splendid non-purposeful cosmos
References and suggestions for further reading
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Life purpose;Teleology;Human behavior;Human behavioral evolution;human evolution;racism;teleology racism;colonialism chain of being;colonialism;eugenics;animal abuse;Why-questions
Standing on the shoulders of farsighted humans
Book dedication
Acknowledgements
List of Boxes Preface1 Introduction1.1 Standing on the shoulders of others: a book of thousand different voices1.2 Notes on interdisciplinarity2 Death and cosmic purpose of life2.1 Quests to find a cosmic purpose of life2.2 Beliefs, religion, and evolution2.3 Fear of death, purpose, human evolution, and discrimination 2.4 Teleology, morality, organized religions, and advantages of believing 2.5 Beliefs, atheism, and spirituality3 Our place in nature, progress, racism and eugenics3.1 'Progress', racism and quests to understand our place in nature 3.2 Cultural, or 'epigenetic', versus innate, or 'genetic', notions of race 3.3 Aristotle, Galen, monkeys, human anatomy, and Chain of Being 3.4 Apes and rise of innate notions of 'race' such as white supremacy 3.5 Apish-humans, Malthus and Darwin's 'struggle-for-life', Freud's psychoanalysis, and eugenics 3.6 Medical experimentation, 'progress', eugenics, and genocide 4 Myths and reality about 'savages' and 'civilization'
4.1 'Savages', 'civilization' and inequality 4.2 Agriculture, labor, slavery, leisure, health and 'progress' 4.3. Hobbes, Rousseau's 'Noble Savage', and violence
5 Sex, love, marriage, 'meant to be', and misogyny 5.1 Teleological stories, homosexuality, romantic love, sex, and marriage 5.2 Agriculture, religion, 'original sin', monogamy, and misogyny 5.3 Women, men, sexual desire and orgasms 5.4 Sex at dawn, Sex at dusk, scientific biases, 'traditional societies', and jealousy 5.5 History of marriage, love and sex, and links to health and happiness 5.6 Misogyny, history, teleology, religion, and Hypatia of Alexandria 5.7 Myths and facts concerning narratives on gender differences and roles
6 Darwin, capitalism, 'social Darwinism', colonialism, and beliefs
6.1 Darwin, Darwinism, idealization, adaptationism, and just-so-stories 6.2 Purpose, struggle-for-life, selfish genes, straw-men and suicide 6.3 'Progress', 'higher' or 'favored' groups, racism, misogyny, and capitalism 6.4 Teleological narratives, 'savages', colonialism, slavery, and neo-colonialism 7 Brains, conspiracies, witches, monsters, wars and animal abuse
7.1 Brains, behavior, genes, and religions 7.2 Randomness, lack of control, conspiracy theories, and political beliefs 7.3 Witches, sexuality, misogyny, religion, magic, and QAnon conspiracies 7.4 Teleological tales, violence, and torture 7.5 Homo irrationalis, ideology, war, terrorism and mass killings 7.6 'Savages', 'civilization', animal abuse, Enlightenment and humanism 7.7 'Monsters', disabilities, 'mother's fault', God's visitation, and mass murder 8 'Progress', morality, truth, 'good' and 'evil'
8.1 Morality, 'human exceptionalism', 'progress', revolutions, and health 8.2 'Noble savages', 'good', 'evil', technologic development, and loneliness 8.3 Affluence, abundance, growth and inequity, quality of life and euthanasia 8.4 Rousseau, Hobbes, biases, and 'civilization' 8.5 Child mortality, sex, atrocities, wellbeing, unlimited wants, and our planet
9 Towards a fulfilling life in this splendid, non-purposeful, planet
9.1 Nature, nurture, religion, enculturation, self-domestication and self-punishment 9.2. Homo irrationalis, socialis et fictus in Neverland: unreality, illusions and delusions 9.3 No need for better angels, economic fairytales, nor new teleological narratives and illusions 9.4 Medicine, wellbeing, and the price we pay for Neverland, alternative facts, and fake news 9.5 Lucretius, Epicurus, Sagan, Gould: towards a fulfilling life in a splendid non-purposeful cosmos
References and suggestions for further reading
Figure credits Index
Book dedication
Acknowledgements
List of Boxes Preface1 Introduction1.1 Standing on the shoulders of others: a book of thousand different voices1.2 Notes on interdisciplinarity2 Death and cosmic purpose of life2.1 Quests to find a cosmic purpose of life2.2 Beliefs, religion, and evolution2.3 Fear of death, purpose, human evolution, and discrimination 2.4 Teleology, morality, organized religions, and advantages of believing 2.5 Beliefs, atheism, and spirituality3 Our place in nature, progress, racism and eugenics3.1 'Progress', racism and quests to understand our place in nature 3.2 Cultural, or 'epigenetic', versus innate, or 'genetic', notions of race 3.3 Aristotle, Galen, monkeys, human anatomy, and Chain of Being 3.4 Apes and rise of innate notions of 'race' such as white supremacy 3.5 Apish-humans, Malthus and Darwin's 'struggle-for-life', Freud's psychoanalysis, and eugenics 3.6 Medical experimentation, 'progress', eugenics, and genocide 4 Myths and reality about 'savages' and 'civilization'
4.1 'Savages', 'civilization' and inequality 4.2 Agriculture, labor, slavery, leisure, health and 'progress' 4.3. Hobbes, Rousseau's 'Noble Savage', and violence
5 Sex, love, marriage, 'meant to be', and misogyny 5.1 Teleological stories, homosexuality, romantic love, sex, and marriage 5.2 Agriculture, religion, 'original sin', monogamy, and misogyny 5.3 Women, men, sexual desire and orgasms 5.4 Sex at dawn, Sex at dusk, scientific biases, 'traditional societies', and jealousy 5.5 History of marriage, love and sex, and links to health and happiness 5.6 Misogyny, history, teleology, religion, and Hypatia of Alexandria 5.7 Myths and facts concerning narratives on gender differences and roles
6 Darwin, capitalism, 'social Darwinism', colonialism, and beliefs
6.1 Darwin, Darwinism, idealization, adaptationism, and just-so-stories 6.2 Purpose, struggle-for-life, selfish genes, straw-men and suicide 6.3 'Progress', 'higher' or 'favored' groups, racism, misogyny, and capitalism 6.4 Teleological narratives, 'savages', colonialism, slavery, and neo-colonialism 7 Brains, conspiracies, witches, monsters, wars and animal abuse
7.1 Brains, behavior, genes, and religions 7.2 Randomness, lack of control, conspiracy theories, and political beliefs 7.3 Witches, sexuality, misogyny, religion, magic, and QAnon conspiracies 7.4 Teleological tales, violence, and torture 7.5 Homo irrationalis, ideology, war, terrorism and mass killings 7.6 'Savages', 'civilization', animal abuse, Enlightenment and humanism 7.7 'Monsters', disabilities, 'mother's fault', God's visitation, and mass murder 8 'Progress', morality, truth, 'good' and 'evil'
8.1 Morality, 'human exceptionalism', 'progress', revolutions, and health 8.2 'Noble savages', 'good', 'evil', technologic development, and loneliness 8.3 Affluence, abundance, growth and inequity, quality of life and euthanasia 8.4 Rousseau, Hobbes, biases, and 'civilization' 8.5 Child mortality, sex, atrocities, wellbeing, unlimited wants, and our planet
9 Towards a fulfilling life in this splendid, non-purposeful, planet
9.1 Nature, nurture, religion, enculturation, self-domestication and self-punishment 9.2. Homo irrationalis, socialis et fictus in Neverland: unreality, illusions and delusions 9.3 No need for better angels, economic fairytales, nor new teleological narratives and illusions 9.4 Medicine, wellbeing, and the price we pay for Neverland, alternative facts, and fake news 9.5 Lucretius, Epicurus, Sagan, Gould: towards a fulfilling life in a splendid non-purposeful cosmos
References and suggestions for further reading
Figure credits Index
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