The robot's rebellion

Finding meaning in the Age of Darwin

Keith E. Stanovich

358 pages, parution le 24/06/2004

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"The Robot's Rebellion is not quite what it sounds like. It is a book on how evolutionary forces and human cognition interact, sometimes to our advantage, and sometimes to our despair. It is a brilliant book showing how we can either harness evolutionary forces to work in our favor, or, in effect, become victims of them. It will be of great interest to psychologists and laypersons who want to understand themselves better and find ways to make the most of their lives."
Robert J. Sternberg, Yale University, Past-President of the American Psychological Association and author of Successful Intelligence

"With immense erudition and compelling logic, Keith Stanovich argues how genetic biology and cognitive science force a fundamental reassessment of the human condition. While many cherished ideas fall by the wayside, a new vision emerges of what it is to be a flexible and thoughtful agent in a complex world."
David Perkins, Harvard Graduate School of Education, author of Outsmarting IQ and The Eureka Effect

"This book combines a comprehensive treatment of the cognitive psychology of human judgment with an original and penetrating analysis of the uses and misuses of evolutionary ideas in this field. Some readers will use it as an accessible introduction to the topic, others as an advanced guide to its intricacies, and all will be well-served."
Daniel Kahneman, Princeton University, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics

Sommaire

Staring into the Darwinian abyss
A brain at war with itself
The robot's secret weapon
The biases of the autonomous brain: characteristics of the short-leash mind that sometimes cause us grief
How evolutionary psychology goes wrong
Dysrationalia: why so many smart people do so many dumb things
From the clutches of the genes into the cluthes of the memes
A soul without mystery: finding meaning in the age of Darwin

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Éditeur(s)	The University of Chicago Press
Auteur(s)	Keith E. Stanovich
Parution	24/06/2004
Nb. de pages	358
Format	16 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	653g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780226770895
ISBN13	978-0-226-77089-5