Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind: Evolution and the Molecular Mind - Softcover

Kurzban, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691154392 ISBN 13: 9780691154398

Verlag: Princeton Univers. Press, 2012

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We're all hypocrites. Why? Hypocrisy is the natural state of the human mind. The key to understanding our behavioral inconsistencies lies in understanding the design of the mind which consists of many specialized units designed by the process of evolution by natural selection. While these modules sometimes work together seamlessly, they don't always. Modularity suggests that there is no "I." Instead, each of us is a contentious "we"--a collection of discrete but interacting systems whose constant conflicts shape our interactions with one another and our experience of the world.

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Robert Kurzban is associate professor of psychology and founder of the Pennsylvania Laboratory for Experimental Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2008, he won the inaugural Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution from the Human Behavior and Evolution Society.

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"Robert Kurzban is one of the best evolutionary psychologists of his generation: he is distinctive not only for his own successful research and sophisticated understanding of psychology, but also because of his wit--Kurzban is genuinely clever, sly, succinct, and sometimes hilarious."--Steven Pinker, Harvard University

"In this amazing book, Robert Kurzban carries out a brilliantly thought-provoking conversation with himself that made me think hard--and laugh out loud. Using clever examples and a revolutionary scientific approach, he shows that contradiction is truly a fundamental human experience. No wonder, then, that I wanted to share this book with my friends--but I also wanted to keep it for myself! If you don't read this book, you'll be left wondering what everyone (else) is talking about."--James H. Fowler, coauthor of Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives

"Here is a fun counterpoint to the explosion of examples showing that humans do not act in accordance with the predictions of standard rational models. But Kurzban is no defender of the standard models. Rather he seeks an understanding of why our actions may appear contradictory in particular contexts, but serve us well in others, and why that helps to improve our fitness for decision, if not always for a life of liberty."--Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Laureate in Economics

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Princeton Univers. Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0691154392
• ISBN 13: 9780691154398
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 274
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Princeton University Press; https://press.princeton.edu/books; ; 7th Floor, New South Building; PRINCETON; NJ; 8544; USA
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