Author: GARY MARCUS
Title: Kluge. The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind
Description: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 211. Are we "noble in reason"? Perfect, in God`s image? Far from it, says New York University psychologist Gary Marcus. In this lucid and revealing book, Marcus argues that the mind is not an elegantly designed organ but rather a "kluge," a clumsy, cobbled-together contraption. He unveils a fundamentally new way of looking at the human mind - think duct tape, not supercomputer - that sheds light on some of the most mysterious aspects of human nature.nTaking us on a tour of the fundamental areas of human experience - memory, belief, decision-making, language, and happiness - Marcus reveals the myriad ways our minds fall short. He examines why people often vote against their own interests, why money can`t buy happiness, why leaders often stick to bad decisions, and why a sentence like "people people left left" ties us in knots even though it`s only four words long.nMarcus also offers surprisingly effective ways to outwit our inner kluge, for the betterment of ourselves and society. Throughout, he shows how only evolution - haphazard and undirected - could have produced the minds we humans have, while making a brilliant case for the power and usefulness of imperfection. ISBN: 9780618879649. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780618879649
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Title: Kluge. The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind
Description: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 211. Are we "noble in reason"? Perfect, in God`s image? Far from it, says New York University psychologist Gary Marcus. In this lucid and revealing book, Marcus argues that the mind is not an elegantly designed organ but rather a "kluge," a clumsy, cobbled-together contraption. He unveils a fundamentally new way of looking at the human mind - think duct tape, not supercomputer - that sheds light on some of the most mysterious aspects of human nature.nTaking us on a tour of the fundamental areas of human experience - memory, belief, decision-making, language, and happiness - Marcus reveals the myriad ways our minds fall short. He examines why people often vote against their own interests, why money can`t buy happiness, why leaders often stick to bad decisions, and why a sentence like "people people left left" ties us in knots even though it`s only four words long.nMarcus also offers surprisingly effective ways to outwit our inner kluge, for the betterment of ourselves and society. Throughout, he shows how only evolution - haphazard and undirected - could have produced the minds we humans have, while making a brilliant case for the power and usefulness of imperfection. ISBN: 9780618879649. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780618879649
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- Book number: 2380025
- Book number: 2380025
See more books from our catalog: Psychologie