Die Naturwissenschaft vom Menschen

Synopsis of Die Naturwissenschaft vom Menschen

«Die Naturwissenschaft vom Menschen» is Konrad Lorenz's essay on ethology, published by Piper in hardback (429 pages, in German).

The book recovers the so-called «Russian manuscript» that Konrad Lorenz wrote between 1944 and 1948 and presents it as an introduction to comparative behavioural research. From ethology, it studies the evolutionary roots of animal and human behaviour, and explores the relationship between knowledge, perception and adaptation to the environment.

The text comes from Lorenz's estate and was edited by Agnes von Cranach; the 1992 edition includes 12 drawings by the author, bibliography (pages 419-424) and indexes.

For readers interested in ethology, comparative psychology and the philosophy of science, especially in the early work of Konrad Lorenz.