title: The Anthropic Principle: Man as the Focal Point of Nature
author: BREUER
description: Text: English (translation)<br /> Original Language: German
zlib_text: Richard Rorty _Philosophy-envy_
  
  When philosophers like Ortega y Gas- tracing what we have in common back to
  set say that we humans have a history the evolutionary needs of our ancestors,
  rather than a nature, they are not sug-will give us anything appropriately la-
  gesting that we are blank slates. They beled ‘a theory of human nature.’ For
  do not doubt that biologists will eventu-such theories are supposed to be
  norma-ally pin down the genetic factor in autive–to provide guidance. They
  should tism, homosexuality, perfect pitch, light-tell us what to do with
  ourselves. They ning calculation, and many other traits should explain why
  some lives are better and abilities that differentiate some hu-for human
  beings than other lives, and mans from others. Nor do they doubt why some
  societies are superior to oth-that, back in the days when our species ers. A
  theory of human nature should was evolving its way into existence on tell us
  what sort of people we ought to the African savannas, cert