[ANTH 103] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (16 pages long)
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Consilience- can science and religion work together. Sam harris - morality is not religion but should be a science. Daniel dennett- no such things as the soul. That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence. discourse. Evolution is a fact and a theory - value the principles of reasoning and educated. Does life have a purpose, how is it measured. Richard dawkins- nothing has purpose unless conscious beings make one. Socio-biology: social behavior has evolved not just physical traits. Biological determinism: our genes are our fate , mind doesn"t matter. Justify racism, one race was evolutionarily better than another. Evolutionary psychology: examines psychological structure as evolutionary. Something backed up by data, experiments, etc. Overdetermination: more causes proposed to be present than are necessary for the. Science and facts are only present for that which can be measured. Balanced polymorphism- type where first level of attribute and new one are equal.
