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   human nature

   /ˌhjuːmən ˈneɪtʃə/

   noun

   • 1. the general psychological characteristics, feelings, and behavioural traits of humankind, regarded as shared by all humans: "he had a poor opinion of human nature"

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   What is human nature?

   • Correspondingly, “human nature” can pick out either the properties of organisms that constitute their partaking in the species Homo sapiens or the properties of some higher-level entity that constitute it as that species. Human nature might then either be the nature of the species or the nature of species specimens as specimens of the species.

   Human Nature (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

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   Why is human nature important?

   • The concept of human nature has been debated throughout history, with various perspectives from philosophy, psychology, sociology, and biology. Studying human nature from a psychological perspective is important for several reasons, each contributing to a deeper understanding of individuals and societies.

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   Do humans have a 'nature'?

   • I argue not that humans have a ‘nature’ and other organisms do not, but rather that an integrated evolutionary understanding of humans requires recognition of several distinctive characteristics, resulting from specific processes and patterns in the human lineage since the last common ancestor with the other apes.

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   What is the relationship between human nature and biology?

   • What is important is that the relationship of the question of “human nature” to biology is, from the beginning of the concept’s career, not as unequivocal as is often assumed (e.g., Hull 1986: 7; Richards 2010: 217f.). This is particularly true of the slogan according to which humans are rational animals.

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   What is a 'human nature' in Homo sapiens?

   • The concept of a ‘human nature’ or ‘human natures’ retains a central role in theorizing about the human experience. In Homo sapiens it is clear that we have a suite of capacities generated via our evolutionary past, and present, and a flexible capacity to create and sustain particular kinds of cultures and to be shaped by them.

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   Why is there no human nature?

   • Some reasons given for saying there is no human nature are anthropological, grounded in views concerning the relationship between natural and cultural features of human life. Other reasons given are biological, deriving from the character of the human species as, like other species, an essentially historical product of evolution.

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3. plato.stanford.edu › entries › human-natureHuman Nature - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   Mar 15, 2021 · Thus understood, human nature is the set of human features or processes that remain after subtraction of those picked out by concepts of the non-natural, concepts such as “culture”, “nurture”, or “socialisation”.

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4. www.britannica.com › topic › human-natureHuman nature | Psychology, Evolution, Biology | Britannica

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   Oct 1, 2024 · Human nature, fundamental dispositions and traits of humans. Theories about the nature of humankind form a part of every culture. In the West, one traditional question centred on whether humans are naturally selfish and competitive (see Thomas Hobbes; John Locke) or social and altruistic (see Karl.

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   Human nature comprises the fundamental dispositions and characteristics—including ways of thinking, feeling, and acting —that humans are said to have naturally. The term is often used to denote the essence of humankind, or what it ' means ' to be human.

7. humannatureforum.com › what-is-human-nature-andWhat is human nature and why is it important?”

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   Nov 30, 2023 · Human nature refers to the distinguishing characteristics, including ways of thinking, feeling, and acting, that humans tend to have naturally, independent of the influence of culture. The concept of human nature has been debated throughout history, with various perspectives from philosophy, psychology, sociology, and biology.

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9. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › human-natureHUMAN NATURE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   HUMAN NATURE definition: 1. the natural ways of behaving that most people share: 2. the natural ways of behaving that most…. Learn more.

10. reasonandmeaning.com › 2017/08/26 › modernModern Philosophers on Human Nature | Reason and Meaning

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    Aug 26, 2017 · Rene Descartes (1596 – 1659) – Descartes is probably the most famous exponent of the dualist view— human nature is composed of a material body and an immaterial mind/soul. The body occupies space and is studied by science; the mind/soul doesn’t occupy space and can’t be studied by science.

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    Aug 18, 2017 · A human nature? What, if anything, distinguishes humans from other animals? How are the psychological and biological traits that contemporary humans possess related to those of their long-dead ancestors? Answers to these questions have often been framed under the rubric of a search for a ‘human nature’.