Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind
by Marcus, Gary
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- 0618879641
- ISBN 13
- 9780618879649
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Synopsis
How is it that we can recognize photos from our high school yearbook decades later, but cannot remember what we ate for breakfast yesterday? And why are we inclined to buy more cans of soup if the sign says "LIMIT 12 PER CUSTOMER" rather than "LIMIT 4 PER CUSTOMER?" In Kluge, Gary Marcus argues convincingly that our minds are not as elegantly designed as we may believe. The imperfections result from a haphazard evolutionary process that often proceeds by piling new systems on top of old onesand those systems don’t always work well together. The end product is a "kluge," a clumsy, cobbled-together contraption. Taking us on a tour of the essential areas of human experiencememory, belief, decision making, language, and happinessMarcus unveils a fundamentally new way of looking at the evolution of the human mind and simultaneously sheds light on some of the most mysterious aspects of human nature.
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- Open Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- mon0000703313
- Title
- Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind
- Author
- Marcus, Gary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0618879641
- ISBN 13
- 9780618879649
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2008-04-16
- Size
- 0.9000 in x 8.3000 in x 5.8000 i
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- 0.7000 lb