The Comparative Biology of Human Nature

Author: Robert, Jason Scott

Source: Philosophical Psychology, Volume 21, Number 3, June 2008 , pp. 425-436(12)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:

Model organismism—the over-reliance on model organisms without sufficient attention to the adequacy of the models—continues to hobble our understanding of human brains and behaviors. I outline the problem of model organismism in contemporary biology and biomedicine, and discuss the virtues of a genuinely comparative biology for understanding ourselves, our evolutionary history, and our place in nature.

Keywords: Model Organisms; Nature vs. Nurture; Neuroscience

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09515080802201237

Publication date: 2008-06-01

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