Genes, Brains, and Human Potential : : The Science and Ideology of Intelligence / / Ken Richardson.
For countless generations people have been told that their potential as humans is limited and fundamentally unequal. The social order, they have been assured, is arranged by powers beyond their control. More recently the appeal has been to biology, specifically the genes, brain sciences, the concept...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (408 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Pinning Down Potential
- 2. Pretend Genes
- 3. Pretend Intelligence
- 4. Real Genes, Real Intelligence
- 5. Intelligent Development
- 6. How The Brain Makes Potential
- 7. A Creative Cognition
- 8. Potential Between Brains
- 9. Human Intelligence
- 10. Promoting Potential
- 11. The Problems of Education are Not Genetic
- 12. Summary and Conclusions
- Notes
- Index