On human nature

Gernot Böhme

3-14

Personalistic organicism and the human social animal

Frederick Ferré

15-21

Genetics, embodiment and identity

Christoph Rehmann-Sutter

23-50

The biological fundamentals of human cultural developments and their unique functional integrations

Hans-Rainer Duncker

53-72

Three seconds

a temporal platform for conscious activities

Ernst Pöppel

73-79

Gestalt recognition and internal representation

a report from the philosophical laboratory

Olaf Breidbach

81-94

Between natural disposition and cultural masterment of life

the cognitive sciences and concept of man in conflicting conceptions of science

Peter Janich

95-110

Genotype and phenotype

genetic and epigenetic aspects

Ulrich Wolf

111-119

Genetic determinism

the battle between scientific data and social image in contemporary developmental biology

Scott F. Gilbert

121-140

Can we find human nature in the human genome?

Eva Neumann-Held

141-161

The nurturing of natures

Susan Oyama

163-170

The burden of proof

on the impossibility of technology assessment for the human genome project

Michael Drieschner

173-177

Philosophy and the concept of technology

on the anthropological significance of technology

Armin Grünwald

179-194

Human cultures' natures

critical considerations and some perspectives of culturalist anthropology

Mathias Gutmann

195-240