The natural science of the human species: an introduction to comparative behavioral research : the "Russian Manuscript" (1944-1948)

704 Pages·1996·2.69 MB·English

by  Konrad Lorenz

The Natural Science of the Human Species :
An Introduction to Comparative Behavioral
title:
Research : the "Russian Manuscript" (1944-
1948)
Lorenz, Konrad.; Cranach, Agnes von.;
author:
Martin, R. D.
publisher: MIT Press
isbn10 | asin: 0262121905
print isbn13: 9780262121903
ebook isbn13: 9780585341996
language: English
Psychology, Comparative, Psychology,
subject Comparative--Research--Methodology--
History, Psychology and philosophy.
publication date: 1996
lcc: BF671.L8513 1995eb
ddc: 156
Psychology, Comparative, Psychology,
subject: Comparative--Research--Methodology--
History, Psychology and philosophy.
Page i
The Natural Science of the Human Species
Page ii
Also by Konrad Lorenz
King Solomon's Ring
Man Meets Dog
On Aggression
Studies in Animal and Human Behavior
Civilized Man's Eight Deadly Sins
Behind the Mirror: A Search for a Natural History of Human
Knowledge
The Year of the Greylag Goose
Here Am IWhere Are You?: The Behavior of the Greylag Goose
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The Natural Science of the Human Species
An Introduction to Comparative Behavioral Research The
"Russian Manuscript" (1944 1948)
Konrad Lorenz
Edited from the posthumous works by
Agnes von Cranach
Translated by Robert D. Martin
With 12 drawings by the author
© 1996 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
This work originally appeared in 1992 under the title Die Naturwissenschaft
vom Menschen: Eine Enführung in die vergleichende Verhaltensforschung. Das
"Russische Manuskript" (1944 1948). The translation from the original German
edition was subsidized by Inter Nationes, Bonn.
© 1992 by R. Piper GmbH & Co. KG, Munchen
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any
electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or
information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the
publisher.
This book was set in Baskerville by Graphic Composition, Inc., and was printed
and bound in the United States of America.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lorenz, Konrad, 1903 1989
[Naturwissenschaft vom Menschen. English]
The natural science of the human species : an introduction to comparative
behavioral research : the "Russian Manuscript" (1944 1948) / edited from the
posthumous works by Agnes yon Cranach; translated by Robert D. Martin; with
12 drawings by the author.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN 0-262-12190-5 (alk. paper)
1. Psychology, Comparative. 2. Psychology, ComparativeResearch
MethodologyHistory. 3. Psychology and philosophy. I. Cranach, Agnes
yon. II. Title.
BF671.L8513 1995
156dc20 94-48788
CIP

Page v
CONTENTS
Editor's Foreword ix
Translator's Foreword xvii
What Is Our Goal? xxv

Part One:
Introduction to Comparative Behavioral Research

I
Philosophical Prolegomena
1 5
Natural Science and Idealistic Philosophy
2 27
Induction
3 39
The Consistent Hierarchical System of the Natural
Sciences
4 53
On the Possibility of a Synthesis between the Natural
Sciences and the Humanities

II
Biological Prolegomena
5 83
General Attempts to Define Life
6 99
The Unique Historical Origin of Organisms and the
Phylogenetic Approach
Page vi
7 137
The Organism as an Entity and Analysis on a Broad Front
8 151
Finality
9 157
The Mind-Body Problem

III
Historical Origins and Methods of Comparative
Behavioral Research
10 179
Preconditions
11 185
Vitalism
12 195
Mechanism
13 209
The Implications of the Conflict between Vitalism and
Mechanism for Behavioral Research
14 213
The Inductive Basis of Comparative Ethology
15 221
Animal Keeping as a Research Method
16 235
The Origin of the Comparative Phylogenetic Approach in
Behavioral Research
17 241