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The Resource How the mind works, Steven Pinker
How the mind works, Steven Pinker
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The item How the mind works, Steven Pinker represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item How the mind works, Steven Pinker represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.
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- Summary
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- 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
- In this book a cognitive scientist explains how the brain evolved to store and use information, allowing our ancestors to control their environment, and why we think and act as we do. He 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. This work 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. The author 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Norton pbk.
- Extent
- xviii, 661 pages
- Note
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- "First published as a Norton paperback 1999; reissued 2009"--Title page verso
- "With a new foreword." -- cover
- Contents
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- Standard equipment
- Thinking machines
- Revenge of the nerds
- The mind's eye
- Good ideas
- Hotheads
- Family values
- The meaning of life
- Isbn
- 9780393334777
- Label
- How the mind works
- Title
- How the mind works
- Statement of responsibility
- Steven Pinker
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- 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
- In this book a cognitive scientist explains how the brain evolved to store and use information, allowing our ancestors to control their environment, and why we think and act as we do. He 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. This work 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. The author 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1954-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pinker, Steven
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QP360.5
- LC item number
- .P56 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- QP360.5
- NLM item number
- .P56 2009
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cognitive neuroscience
- Neuropsychology
- Natural selection
- Human evolution
- Psychology
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Human evolution
- Natural selection
- Neuropsychology
- Psychology
- Kognitiv psykologi
- Neuropsykologi
- Label
- How the mind works, Steven Pinker
- Note
-
- "First published as a Norton paperback 1999; reissued 2009"--Title page verso
- "With a new foreword." -- cover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 589-625) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Standard equipment -- Thinking machines -- Revenge of the nerds -- The mind's eye -- Good ideas -- Hotheads -- Family values -- The meaning of life
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- Norton pbk.
- Extent
- xviii, 661 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393334777
- Lccn
- 2010286532
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)527702866
- (OCoLC)ocn527702866
- Label
- How the mind works, Steven Pinker
- Note
-
- "First published as a Norton paperback 1999; reissued 2009"--Title page verso
- "With a new foreword." -- cover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 589-625) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Standard equipment -- Thinking machines -- Revenge of the nerds -- The mind's eye -- Good ideas -- Hotheads -- Family values -- The meaning of life
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- Norton pbk.
- Extent
- xviii, 661 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393334777
- Lccn
- 2010286532
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)527702866
- (OCoLC)ocn527702866
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