Open AccessHuman Ontogenetics – New Considerations Concerning Old Questions
Author(s) -
Wessel KarlFriedrich
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
human_ontogenetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1863-9526
pISSN - 1863-866X
DOI - 10.1002/huon.201000004
Subject(s) - biopsychosocial model , context (archaeology) , cognitive science , epistemology , human ecology , perception , human development (humanity) , psychology , sociology , ecology , biology , philosophy , political science , psychotherapist , law , paleontology
Human ontogenetics is introduced as an attempt to expand knowledge about human beings. In this context, the concept of the human being as “biopsychosocial unit” and perceptions of the evolutionary theory are discussed. Key issues of the discussion are the life‐long development of the human being as a possibility, the hierarchical system of competencies, and the ecology of human ontogeny.