What does it mean to be a person and what kind of science should study “human”? This problem is discussed in the book at the interdisciplinary level – as scientific, philosophical and historical. It considers how a certain understanding of human nature arises and what alternatives to a biological view of a person can be. The author with international fame, Roger Smith, shows why knowledge of a person is not reduced to either bilogy data or religious beliefs and should be based on history. He analyzes the widest range of issues of history, philosophy and science from the 18th century to the present day, paying tribute to the difficulties and the diversity of knowledge about a person.
Historical knowledge is fundamental to human self -understanding. It allows us to see the “human” as a process of creating a person of himself, coming from the past and extended to the future. Human self -contribution becomes possible thanks to the reflexive circle of thought and action.
This book is scientific, but written …
Author
Smith Roger
Editor
Sirotkina Irina Evgenieva
Translator
Murberg Irina Igorevna
Publisher
Canon+, 2014
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