Sociobiology

E.O. Wilson was an American biologist, naturalist, ecologist, and entomologist known for developing the field of sociobiology and biogeography.

He did extensive work with ants and many other species.

Sociobiological, think social and biology, research was at his time particularly controversial with regard to its application to humans.

The theory established a scientific argument for rejecting the common doctrine of tabula rasa, which holds that human beings are born without any innate mental content and that culture functions to increase human knowledge and aid in survival and success.

In his 1998 book, Consilience, the Unity of Knowledge, Consilience, C-O-N-S-I-L-I-E-N-C-E, Wilson discussed methods that had been used to unite the scientists and sciences and might be able to unite the sciences with the humanities.