| Publication |
New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 2009.
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| Description |
xviii, 661pWhite Spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
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. 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.
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| Contents |
Standard equipment
Thinking machines
Revenge of the nerds
The mind's eye
Good ideas
Hotheads
Family values
The meaning of life
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| Standard Number |
9780393334777 Pb.
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