THE DEEP STRUCTURE OF HUMAN NATURE: PROBING THE PSYCHO-SOCIAL PROPENSITIES IN BEHAVIORAL MATRICES (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO E. O. WILSON)

What E. O. Wilson calls here “deep history” I have chosen to call “deep structure.” As he points out, deep history in his research is nothing less than “biological history,” and since he believes “that biology must someday serve as part of the foundation of the social sciences,” we will suggest here...

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Main Author: JOHN H. MORGAN
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Published: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press 2014-11-01
Series:Agathos: An International Review of the Humanities and Social Sciences
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description What E. O. Wilson calls here “deep history” I have chosen to call “deep structure.” As he points out, deep history in his research is nothing less than “biological history,” and since he believes “that biology must someday serve as part of the foundation of the social sciences,” we will suggest here then that the deep structure of human nature is imbedded in human culture and vice versa. The genetic composition of Homo sapiens implies a “deep structure” within the human animal itself. In this deep structure, we will find “genetic propensities shared by enough humans to be called ‘human nature’,” according to Wilson. The deep structure of human nature is imbedded in the deep history of biological evolution which has produced human culture, a culture dependent upon both biological evolution and psycho-social evolution. These cultural propensities appear in the behavioral matrices of the human animal, as we shall see, in the tripartite interconnectedness of biology, sociology, and psychology. These propensities are explored here.
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spelling doaj.art-d5cbe6fdf2044c789788574a2e09e8d52022-12-21T18:28:31ZdeuAlexandru Ioan Cuza University PressAgathos: An International Review of the Humanities and Social Sciences2069-10252248-34462014-11-01V2112123THE DEEP STRUCTURE OF HUMAN NATURE: PROBING THE PSYCHO-SOCIAL PROPENSITIES IN BEHAVIORAL MATRICES (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO E. O. WILSON)JOHN H. MORGAN0Theological Foundation, USAWhat E. O. Wilson calls here “deep history” I have chosen to call “deep structure.” As he points out, deep history in his research is nothing less than “biological history,” and since he believes “that biology must someday serve as part of the foundation of the social sciences,” we will suggest here then that the deep structure of human nature is imbedded in human culture and vice versa. The genetic composition of Homo sapiens implies a “deep structure” within the human animal itself. In this deep structure, we will find “genetic propensities shared by enough humans to be called ‘human nature’,” according to Wilson. The deep structure of human nature is imbedded in the deep history of biological evolution which has produced human culture, a culture dependent upon both biological evolution and psycho-social evolution. These cultural propensities appear in the behavioral matrices of the human animal, as we shall see, in the tripartite interconnectedness of biology, sociology, and psychology. These propensities are explored here.http://www.agathos-international-review.com/issue5_2/14.Articol%20-%20JOHN%20H.%20MORGAN.pdfcognitive psychologyevolutionary biologypsychogenesishuman natureculture and the social sciences
spellingShingle JOHN H. MORGAN
THE DEEP STRUCTURE OF HUMAN NATURE: PROBING THE PSYCHO-SOCIAL PROPENSITIES IN BEHAVIORAL MATRICES (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO E. O. WILSON)
Agathos: An International Review of the Humanities and Social Sciences
cognitive psychology
evolutionary biology
psychogenesis
human nature
culture and the social sciences
title THE DEEP STRUCTURE OF HUMAN NATURE: PROBING THE PSYCHO-SOCIAL PROPENSITIES IN BEHAVIORAL MATRICES (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO E. O. WILSON)
title_full THE DEEP STRUCTURE OF HUMAN NATURE: PROBING THE PSYCHO-SOCIAL PROPENSITIES IN BEHAVIORAL MATRICES (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO E. O. WILSON)
title_fullStr THE DEEP STRUCTURE OF HUMAN NATURE: PROBING THE PSYCHO-SOCIAL PROPENSITIES IN BEHAVIORAL MATRICES (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO E. O. WILSON)
title_full_unstemmed THE DEEP STRUCTURE OF HUMAN NATURE: PROBING THE PSYCHO-SOCIAL PROPENSITIES IN BEHAVIORAL MATRICES (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO E. O. WILSON)
title_short THE DEEP STRUCTURE OF HUMAN NATURE: PROBING THE PSYCHO-SOCIAL PROPENSITIES IN BEHAVIORAL MATRICES (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO E. O. WILSON)
title_sort deep structure of human nature probing the psycho social propensities in behavioral matrices with special reference to e o wilson
topic cognitive psychology
evolutionary biology
psychogenesis
human nature
culture and the social sciences
url http://www.agathos-international-review.com/issue5_2/14.Articol%20-%20JOHN%20H.%20MORGAN.pdf
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