@HPluckrose thank you. I knew the human nature thing predated modern evo psychs. Reading Fielding (legend!) paid off!
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Replying to @stephenbasdeo1 @HPluckrose
Being that evo psychs weren't a thing until mid to late c19 the idea pre-dates them by far. Human morality in lit is always interesting!
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Replying to @chadwick_zoe @HPluckrose
Yes. Dislike when new-fangled disciplines step on our toes
guess it's too late to discuss that some moral ideals have changed in lit lol4 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @stephenbasdeo1 @HPluckrose
The changes in literary moral perspectives are what keeps it interesting. Helen makes a good point about retrospectively re-evaluating!
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Replying to @chadwick_zoe @HPluckrose
Ha! No issue with the morality point, just re: evo psychs passing off Human nature as new in their discipline when authors in 18thc did it.
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Replying to @stephenbasdeo1 @chadwick_zoe
No evolutionary psychologists claim that no-one knew a human nature existed before they came along.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @chadwick_zoe
My point was 18thc authors were exploring what people should morally do in certain situations. Hence emphasis on human nature in 18thc lit.
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Replying to @stephenbasdeo1 @chadwick_zoe
OK. I don't think anybody denies this. Religion and philosophy are also focused intensely on it. Humans are obsessed with themselves.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @chadwick_zoe
So not a profoundly new hypothesis from evo psychs then?
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Replying to @stephenbasdeo1 @chadwick_zoe
I don't know what you mean. Evo psychs hypothesise that humans developed literature as a way to explore different scenarios.
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I don't know if any 18th century authors also suggested this is why we do this or if they are just an explicit example of us doing it.
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