Roots of Human Behavior - TTC (12 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture)
Course No. 168
Taught by Barbara J. King
The College of William and Mary
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
While human history is usually studied from the perspective of a few hundred years, anthropologists consider deeper causes for the ways we act. In this course, anthropologist Barbara J. King uses her wealth of research experience to open a window of understanding for you into the legacy left by our primate past. These lectures look for the roots of human behavior in the behavior of other primates: monkeys, apes, and human ancestors.
In these lectures, you explore such questions as:
• Are language and technology unique to humans?
• Have human love and loyalty developed from emotions of our primate cousins?
• Do the ways in which human males and females relate to each other come from our primate past?
• Have we inherited a biological tendency for aggression?
• How much of our behavioral, cognitive, and cultural identity have we inherited from our closest living relatives?
• How can the study of monkeys and apes lead us to a fuller picture of who we are?
The author has combed the works of contemporary Arab chronicles of the Crusades, eyewitnesses and often participants. He retells their story and offers insights into the historical forces that shape Arab and Islamic consciousness today.
This book strikes a beautiful balance between being a purely popular edition, and being something that people who study stuff like this for a living might read...
Amin Maalouf specifically disavows any intention to write a "history book" in his preface. His background is in journalism, and sure enough, he shows evidence of a journalist's ear and eye for the great story... for the gripping and/or galvanizing detail... for the telling gesture that provides the key to a character's persona.
An alphabetically arranged guide to the philosophy of science.
Philosophy of Science A-Z gives concise, accurate and illuminating accounts of key positions, concepts, arguments and figures in the philosophy of science. It aids understanding of current debates, explains their historical development and connects them with broader philosophical issues. It presupposes little prior knowledge of philosophy of science and is equally useful to the beginner, the more advanced student and the general reader. Readers will find in it illuminating explanations, careful analysis, relevant examples, open problems and, last but not least, precise arguments.
Crusades Through Arab Eyes
