COURSE DESCRIPTION: Nature or Nurture? This question about human nature or being human is quite ancient, but this course offers a critical examination of recent debates about this question that involves philosophy and sciences from biology to anthropology (physical and cultural), evolutionary and cognitive psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, and so on.  

COURSE OBJECTIVES: At the end of this course, students will have learned,

Fundamental scientific and philosophical issues about human nature, such as evolution-culture and human nature, genetic determinism, innateness, human universals, where thinking, knowledge, values, etc. come from.

PRE-REQUISITIES: The course is intended for graduate students from all departments. There are no prerequisites but interest in topics related with the problem of human nature is obviously quite valuable.