by Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420621760
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The Preprogrammed Man is an essay by the renowned ethologist Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt, in which he explores the influence of heredity on human behavior. Through a comparative analysis of animal behavior, Eibl-Eibesfeldt argues that the idea that man is born as a 'blank slate' lacks scientific basis. Instead, he proposes that there are adaptive pre-programming formed throughout evolutionary history that influence our social behavior. This approach challenges traditional conceptions of human capacity to learn and solve social problems, suggesting that evolution imposes limits on modification projects that do not adequately consider inheritance.
Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt was an Austrian ethologist in the field of human ethology. In authoring the book which bears that title, he applied ethology to humans by studying them in a perspective more common to volumes studying animal behavior.
