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What is Human Nature?

Name: What is Human Nature?
Uploaded: 2016-01-28
Duration: 28 min 19 s
Description: A look at what human nature really is, and whether it makes people different than the rest of the natural world. This idea is examined in reference to the ideas of Plato, Aristotle, Charles Darwin, and Blaise Pascal.

Video Type: Documentary

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  Smith, N., Velasquez, M., Williams, B., Annas, J., Hacking, I., Rachels, J., Dennett, D., Churchland, P., Searle, J., Rorty, R., Dreyfus, H., Sartre, J. (Academics). (1998). What is human nature? The examined life [Video]. SAGE Knowledge. https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781473966659
  
  Smith, Nicholas, Manuel Velasquez, Bernard Williams, Julia Annas, Ian Hacking, James Rachels, Daniel Dennett et al. "What is Human Nature?." In SAGE Video. : Intelecom Learning, 1998. Video, 00:28:19. https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781473966659.
  
  Smith, N., Velasquez, M., Williams, B., Annas, J., Hacking, I., Rachels, J., Dennett, D., Churchland, P., Searle, J., Rorty, R., Dreyfus, H., Sartre, J., 1998. What is Human Nature?, SAGE Video. [Streaming Video] London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781473966659> [Accessed 23 Sep 2021].
  
  Smith, Nicholas, et al. What is Human Nature?. Online video clip. SAGE Video. London: SAGE Publications, Ltd., 28 Jan 2016. doi: https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781473966659. 23 Sep 2021.
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A look at what human nature really is, and whether it makes people different than the rest of the natural world. This idea is examined in reference to the ideas of Plato, Aristotle, Charles Darwin, and Blaise Pascal.