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Naturalist
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ISBN: 0713991410 9780713991413 Year: 1995 Publisher: London: Penguin press,

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Letters to a young scientist
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ISBN: 9780871403773 Year: 2013 Publisher: New York (N.Y.) : Liveright,

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Timber, tourists, and temples : conservation and development in the Maya Forest of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico
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ISBN: 1597260886 1597269360 1417539062 155963541X 1610911156 9781417539062 9781610911153 1559635428 9781597269360 Year: 1998 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Island Press,

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A Darwinian worldview: sociobiology, environmental ethics and the work of Edward O. Wilson
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ISBN: 9780754656784 9781315564623 9781317188452 9781317188469 9781138259461 0754656780 Year: 2007 Publisher: Aldershot Ashgate

Journey to the ants : a story of scientific exploration.
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ISBN: 0674485262 0674485254 Year: 1994 Publisher: Cambridge Harvard university press

Shaping science with rhetoric : the cases of Dobzhansky, Schrödinger, and Wilson
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ISBN: 128290180X 9786612901805 0226099083 9780226099088 6612901802 0226099067 9780226099064 0226099075 9780226099071 Year: 2001 Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press,

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How do scientists persuade colleagues from diverse fields to cross the disciplinary divide, risking their careers in new interdisciplinary research programs? Why do some attempts to inspire such research win widespread acclaim and support, while others do not? In Shaping Science with Rhetoric, Leah Ceccarelli addresses such questions through close readings of three scientific monographs in their historical contexts-Theodosius Dobzhansky's Genetics and the Origin of Species (1937), which inspired the "modern synthesis" of evolutionary biology; Erwin Schrödinger's What Is Life? (1944), which catalyzed the field of molecular biology; and Edward O. Wilson's Consilience (1998), a so far not entirely successful attempt to unite the social and biological sciences. She examines the rhetorical strategies used in each book and evaluates which worked best, based on the reviews and scientific papers that followed in their wake. Ceccarelli's work will be important for anyone interested in how interdisciplinary fields are formed, from historians and rhetoricians of science to scientists themselves.


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E.O. Wilson and B.F. Skinner : A Dialogue Between Sociobiology and Radical Behaviorism
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ISBN: 1441927956 0387894616 9786612019425 1282019422 0387894624 Year: 2009 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,

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"This is going to be a conversation that I will have with B.F. Skinner. This is Ed Wilson. He invited me by to talk about sociobiology." Thus began a 1987 conversation between E.O. Wilson, who embodies sociobiology, and B.F. Skinner, who personifies radical behaviorism. The two Harvard colleagues shared a common interest—but very different perspectives—in behavior, human nature, and culture. They also shared years of exaggerated and ideologically-based claims regarding the perceived controversial nature of their work. However, the passage of over twenty years places their conversation in a very different evolutionary context that is the unifying theme of this book and Paul Naour’s inspiration to cleverly describe the relationship of their work. Naour uses the conversation as a centerpiece around which he offers readers thought-provoking insight regarding how we can push the rigid boundaries of discipline-based dogmatism to understand the evolutionary relationships between sociobiology and radical behaviorism. Wilson (1998) challenges us to understand a "balanced perspective cannot be acquired by studying disciplines in pieces but through pursuit of the consilience among them. Such unification will come hard." Wilson recently observed that" What (Naour) has written is excellent, and will be an outstanding addition to the history of ideas." During this sesquicentennial year of The Origin of Species and the bicentennial of Darwin’s birth, B.F. Skinner and E.O. Wilson: A Dialogue Between Radical Behaviorism and Sociobiology is an essential read for anyone interested in the evolutionary basis of human behavior. The book challenges readers to push beyond the boundaries of Wilson and Skinner, suggests relationships to current work, and inspires curiosity regarding how that work can provide additional insight to the biological basis of human culture. It will also appeal to those with interest in the contemporary history of science or psychology, and is written for a broad readership to provoke renewed consideration of Wilson and Skinner.

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Behaviorism (Psychology). --- Skinner, B. F. --(Burrhus Frederic), --1904-1990. --- Sociobiology. --- Wilson, Edward O. --- Sociobiology --- Behaviorism (Psychology) --- Behavioral Sciences --- Psychological Theory --- Biology --- Biological Science Disciplines --- Psychological Phenomena and Processes --- Behavioral Disciplines and Activities --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Behaviorism --- Sociology & Social History --- Anthropology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Social Sciences --- Social Change --- Social & Cultural Anthropology --- Evolution --- Skinner, B. F. --- Behavioralism (Psychology) --- Behavioristic psychology --- Behaviouralism (Psychology) --- Behaviourism (Psychology) --- Scientific behaviorism --- Biologism --- Skinner, Burrhus Frederic, --- Skinner, Fred, --- Weiersen --- Weierxun, Aidehua --- Wilson, E. O. --- Wiruson, Edowādo O. --- Life sciences. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Anthropology. --- Life Sciences. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Psychology --- Human biology --- Human evolution --- Psychology, Comparative --- Social evolution --- Social aspects --- Wilson, Edward Osborne --- Evolution (Biology). --- Human beings --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences


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Van mensen en dingen : een verkenning van onze socialiteit
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ISBN: 9789400008427 Year: 2017 Publisher: Antwerpen Intersentia

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Wat is socialiteit? Hoe tekent het ons als mens? Met wie of wat kunnen we sociale banden aanknopen? Die vragen dringen zich op in een wereld vol dingen waarmee we communiceren, een wereld waar dieren rechten krijgen en rivieren rechtspersoonlijkheid. Wat betekent 'sociaal'? In dit boek wordt deze simpele vraag onderzocht op een directe wijze, door aan te knopen bij gewone ervaringen, vooral van schrijvers en dichters. Die beschikken namelijk over een sensitiviteit die gewone stervelingen vaak missen. Zij zijn onze gids in de fascinerende wereld waar de bronnen van de socialiteit opborrelen.

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