Unity of Knowledge: The Convergence of Natural and Human Science

by Damasio, Antonio R.; Harrington, Anne; Kagan, Jerome; McEwen, Bruce S.; Moss, Henry

• ISBN13: 9781573313117
• ISBN10: 1573313114
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences

Table of Contents

Opening Remarks	ix
Rodney W. Nichols
Introduction: Unity of Knowledge, circa 2000	1	(11)
Henry Moss
Part I. Opening Session
How to Unify Knowledge: Keynote Address	12	(6)
Edward O. Wilson
Prolegomenon to a General Biology	18	(19)
Stuart A. Kauffman
Commentary	37	(5)
Joshua Lederberg
Part II. Beyond Nature--Nurture: Genes, Brain, and Behavior
Introduction to Part II	39	(3)
Bruces S. McEwen
From Molecules to Mind: Stress, Individual Differences, and the Social Environment	42	(8)
Bruce S. McEwen
Nature, Nurture, and the Disunity of Knowledge	50	(12)
Michael J. Meaney
Do People Make Environments or Do Environments Make People?	62	(13)
David C. Rowe
The Smoke Detector Principle: Natural Selection and the Regulation of Defensive Responses	75	(11)
Randolph M. Nesse
Immunoalienation: A Behavioral Analysis of the Immune System	86	(15)
Shlomo Breznitz
Part III. Emotion, Cognition, and the Human Brain
Introduction to Part III	98	(3)
Henry Moss
Antonio R. Damasio
Emotion and the Human Brain	101	(6)
Antonio R. Damasio
The Anterior Cingulate Cortex: The Evolution of an Interface between Emotion and Cognition	107	(11)
John M. Allman
Atiya Hakeem
Joseph M. Erwin
Esther Nimchinsky
Patrick Hof
Neurescience: Breaking Down Scientific Barriers to the Study of Brain and Mind	118	(18)
Erick R. Kandel
Larry R. Squire
Language/Culture/Mind/Brain: Progress at the Margins between Disciplines	136	(41)
Patricia K. Kuhl
Feng-Ming Tsao
Heui-Mel Liu
Yang Zhang
Bart De Boer
Part IV. Future Directions for the Social Sciences
Introduction to Part IV	175	(2)
Jerome Kagan
Biological Constraint, Cultural Variety, and Psychological Structures	177	(14)
Jerome Kagan
Toward a Biology of Personality and Emotion	191	(17)
Richard J. Davidson
Exploring the Biology of Socialization	208	(9)
Michael I. Posner
Mary K. Rothbart
Gina Gerardi-Caulton
A Polytheistic Conception of the Sciences and the Virtues of Deep Variety	217	(16)
Richard A. Sheweder
Part V. Science, Culture, Meaning, Values: A Dialogue
Panel Discussion	233	(28)
Anne Harrington
Terrence W. Deacon
Stephen M. Kosslyn
Elaine Scarry
Part VI. Science in the Liberal Arts Curriculum
Introduction to Part VI	258	(3)
Rodney W. Nichols
K--12 Science Education as the Road to Consilient Curricula	261	(5)
Leon M. Lederman
Integrated Learning: Passing Fad or Foundation for the Future?	266	(9)
Thomas R. Tritton
Some Practical Suggestions for Teaching Science in the Liberal Arts	275	(8)
Robert Pollack
Index of Contributors	283	(2)
Subject Index	285