How the Mind Works
How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker, published by Penguin Adult in 1999, is a comprehensive exploration of the human mind, spanning 672 pages. This edition delves into various aspects of cognitive psychology and neuroscience, addressing questions about laughter, memory, love, and perception. Pinker presents the mind as a product of natural selection, offering insights into how evolutionary processes shape our thoughts and behaviors.
Readers will find a detailed examination of topics such as the mechanisms behind optical illusions and the psychological underpinnings of belief in the supernatural. The book aims to provide a clearer understanding of human cognition and behavior, making complex ideas accessible. With its focus on the intersection of science and philosophy, How the Mind Works invites readers to reconsider their perceptions of the mind and its functions.
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Why do we laugh? What makes memories fade? Why do fools fall in love? Why do people believed in ghosts? How do we recognize a face? How the Mind Worksexplores every aspect of our brains, showing that our minds are not a mystery, but rather a system designed by natural selection over years of human evolution. Whether looking at optical illusions or religion, Mozart or films, Steven Pinker offers us a new way of understanding ourselves.
‘Powerful and gripping . . . To have read it is to have consulted a first draft of the structural plan of the human psyche . . . a glittering tour de force.’ Spectator
‘Witty popular science that you enjoy reading for the writing as well as for the science . . . He is a top-rate writer, and deserve the superlatives that are lavished on him.’ The New York Times
‘Pinker has a remarkable capacity to explain difficult ideas and he writes with the comic verve of Martin Amis or Woody Allen . . . How the Mind Workswill change the way your mind works.’ The Times
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