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How the Mind Works

by Steven Pinker · 1997 · 660 pages

David Sinclair
David Sinclair
Recommended by 1 elite

Recommended by 1 Elite

David Sinclair

About This Book

A comprehensive exploration of the human mind through the lenses of cognitive science and evolutionary psychology. Pinker explains how mental faculties like vision, emotion, and social relations evolved as computational organs designed by natural selection. The book challenges traditional views of human nature by framing the mind as a system of specialized modules optimized for survival and reproduction.

Book Details

Published

1997

Pages

660

Language

en

ISBN

9780393318487

Awards & Recognition

Pulitzer Prize Finalist (General Nonfiction, 1998)Los Angeles Times Book Prize

Audiobook Available

26h 5m
Narrated by Mel Foster

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