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Mallon, Ronald | Odd couple: the compatibility of social construction and evolutionary psychology | Examines the significance of evolutionary psychology and social constructionism in social sciences. Role of philosophical disputes in generating universal and local emotional phenomena; Relevance of adopting different theories of meaning and reference; Competition between philosophical disputes and ... | Emotions; Genetic psychology; Social Sciences, Philosophy | 2001-09-11 |
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Nichols, Shaun | On the genealogy of norms: a case for the role of emotion in cultural evolution | Argues that emotional responses constitute one important set of mechanisms that affects the cultural viability of norms. Historical evidence indicating that 16th century etiquette norms prohibiting disgusting actions were much more likely to survive than other 16th century etiquette norms; Need for ... | Emotions; Etiquette; Social change; Social norms; Social aspects | 2002-07-29 |
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White, Nicholas P. | Review of Nancy Sherman, "Making a Necessity of Virtue | Making a Necessity of Virtue is about the ethics of Aristotle and Kant. "Specifically," according to the first chapter, it "is about the role of emotions and practical reason in each theorist's account of virtue," though with "greater attention to the place of emotions in moral character". This desc... | Virtue; Ethics; Reason; Emotions; Morality | 2000 |