The Evolution of Human Wisdom by Celia Deane-Drummond, Agust... - 9781498548458

The Evolution of Human WisdomAuthor(s): Celia Deane-Drummond, Agustn Fuentes, Marcus Baynes-Rock, Dylan Belton, Ben Campbell, Stewart Clem, Celia Deane-Drummond, Julia Feder, Agustn Fuentes, Craig Iffland\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Lexington Books\nISBN-13: 9781498548458, 978-1498548458\nSynopsis\nThis volume addresses key questions about the puzzle of human origins by focusing on a topic that is largely unexplored thus far, namely, the evolution of human wisdom. How can we best understand the human capacity for wisdom, where did it come from, and how did it emerge? It explores lines of convergence and divergence between Christian theology and evolutionary anthropology in its search to identify different aspects of wisdom. Critical to this discussion are the philosophical difficulties that arise when two very different methodological approaches to the manner of humans becoming wise are brought together. The relative importance and.