Steven Sloman, Philip Fernbach

Broschiertes Buch

The Knowledge Illusion

The myth of individual thought and the power of collective wisdom

Beschreibung

A compelling case from two leading cognitive scientists that people are like bees and society is like a beehive: true intelligence lies not in our individual brains but in the collective mind.

Autor

Steven Sloman, who trained under world-renowned cognitive psychologist Amos Tversky, is a Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences at Brown University where he has worked since 1992. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the journal Cognition. Phil Fernbach is a cognitive scientist and professor of marketing at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has written for and had his work profiled in numerous publications such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and BBC World News.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Publishers International / Pan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 70934
• Main Market Ed.
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahren
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 128mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 219g
• ISBN-13: 9781509813087
• ISBN-10: 150981308X
• Artikelnr.: 52417907

Rezensionen

In The Knowledge Illusion, the cognitive scientists Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach hammer another nail into the coffin of the rational individual . . . positing that not just rationality but the very idea of individual thinking is a myth. Yuval Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens and Homo Deus

In The Knowledge Illusion, the cognitive scientists Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach hammer another nail into the coffin of the rational individual . . . positing that not just rationality but the very idea of individual thinking is a myth. Yuval Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens and Homo Deus