The P-Value Podcast
A podcast on philosophy and science and everything in between hosted by Dr. Rachael Brown from Centre for Philosophy of the Sciences in the School of Philosophy at the Australian National University.
The P-Value Podcast
Is there such a thing as human nature?
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Rachael Brown
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Season 2
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Episode 1
It's not uncommon to hear "human nature" trucked out to explain all sorts of phenomena from war to human nurturing and cooperation. How scientifically valid are such claims? Is there such a thing as human nature? If so, what is it? In this episode of the P-Value, the first in our philosophy of biology season, we ask where there is a scientifically respectable notion of human nature?
