An edition of How the Mind Works (1997)

How the Mind Works

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An edition of How the Mind Works (1997)

How the Mind Works

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In this book, Steven Pinker explains what the mind is, how it evolved, and how it allows us to see, think, feel, laugh, interact, enjoy the arts, and ponder the mysteries of life. How the Mind Works explains many of the imponderables of everyday life. Why does a face look more attractive with makeup? How do "Magic-Eye" 3-D stereograms work? Why do we feel that a run of heads makes the coin more likely to land tails? Why is the thought of eating worms disgusting? Why do men challenge each other to duels and murder their ex-wives? Why are children bratty? Why do fools fall in love? Why are we soothed by paintings and music? And why do puzzles like the self, free will, and consciousness leave us dizzy? The arguments in the book are as bold as its title. Pinker rehabilitates unfashionable ideas, such as that the mind is a computer and that human nature was shaped by natural selection. And he challenges fashionable ones, such as that passionate emotions are irrational, that parents socialize their children, that creativity springs from the unconscious, that nature is good and modern society corrupting, and that art and religion are expressions of our higher spiritual yearnings.

Publish Date
Publisher
Norton
Language
English
Pages
660

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Previews available in: Polish English

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Cover of: Jak działa umysł
Jak działa umysł
2002, Książka i Wiedza
in Polish
Cover of: How the mind works
How the mind works
1999, Norton
in English - Norton pbk.
Cover of: How the mind works
How the mind works
1999, W.W. Norton
in English
Cover of: How the mind works
How the mind works
1997, Norton
in English
Cover of: How the Mind Works
How the Mind Works
1997, Norton
Hardcover in English

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Table of Contents

Standard equipment
Thinking machines
Revenge of the nerds
The mind's eye
Good ideas
Hotheads
Family values
The meaning of life.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 589-625) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
153
Library of Congress
QP360.5 .P56 1997, QP360.5.P56 1997

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xii, 660 p. ;
Number of pages
660

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24747142M
Internet Archive
howmindworks00pink
ISBN 10
0393045358
ISBN 13
9780393045352
LCCN
97001855
OCLC/WorldCat
36379708

Work Description

"Presented with extraordinary lucidity, cogency and panache...Powerful and gripping...To have read [the book] is to have consulted a first draft of the structural plan of the human psyche...a glittering tour de force" - Spectator "Why do memories fade? Why do we lose our tempers? Why do fools fall in love? Pinker's objective in this erudite account is to explore the nature and history of the human mind...He explores computations and evolutions, and then considers how the mind lets us "see, think, feel, interact, and pursue higher callings like art, religion and philosophy"" - Sunday Times

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