Homo Sapiens, A Problematic Species examines how Western culture has understood and continues to understand what it is to be human. This book features reflections on mythical thought and its logic and contrasts it to the Western conception of man as expressed in philosophy from antiquity to the twentieth century, its main sources being Christianity and the idealistic tenet in antique Greek philosophy. The author stresses the necessity to break away from a religious and metaphysical perception of man that is inevitably anthropocentric in order to construct a more scientifically based anthropology appropriate to tackle the threats our species poses to the vast ecological system on Earth.

About the Author
Mia Gosselin is professor emeritus of the Free University Brussels (VUB). Having acquired a thorough knowledge of the history of philosophy, she later specialized in epistemology and founded the Center of Empirical Epistemology of the VUB. She taught philosophical anthropology for more than thirty years.


Book Information
ISBN 9780761865193
Author Mia Gosselin
Format Paperback
Page Count 274
Imprint University Press of America
Publisher University Press of America
Weight(grams) 417g
Dimensions(mm) 232mm * 156mm * 20mm