During the last century, approximately 30 hypotheses have been constructed to explain the
evolution of the human upright posture and locomotion. The most important and recent ones …

To physiologists, the term 'adaptation'usually refers to any trait that is considered
advantageous; evolutionary biologists require a more rigorous definition (restricting it to …

Originally published in German, Christoph Wulf's Anthropology sets its sights on a topic as
ambitious as its title suggests: anthropology itself. Arguing for an interdisciplinary and …

Kim Sterelny and Daniel McShea for helpful comments and suggestions on earlier papers
on the topic that I also included within the present work. Kristian Köchy for a series of …

There are well known mechanistic similarities in human physiology between adaptations for
endurance performance and hypoxia tolerance. By using background principles arising from …

This is the first volume of a ground-breaking new work by Jürgen Habermas on the history of
philosophy. In this major new work, Habermas sets out the ideas that inform his systematic …

Evolutionsprozesse erzeugen komplexe Phänomene, die nur zum Teil in verfügbaren
Quellen repräsentiert sind. Deren Interpretation ist abhängig von unseren prinzipiellen …

The books in this collection are devoted to challenging and open problems at the forefront of
modern science, including related philosophical debates. In contrast to typical research …

Vor mehr als 200 Jahren machte Wilhelm von Humboldt mit seiner Theorie der Bildung
Furore. Ist Bildung deshalb ein aus der Mode gekommenes Relikt der deutschen …

1 Ausgangslage: Krise des cartesianischen Naturverständnisses und kritischer
Rationalismus............................................................................................................. 267 2 Beispiele …