Out of Our Minds: What We Think and How We Came to Think It

by Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Book Overview

"A stimulating history of how the imagination interacted with its sibling psychological faculties--emotion, perception and reason--to shape the history of human mental life."--The Wall Street Journal

To imagine--to see what is not there--is the startling ability that has fueled human development and innovation through the centuries. As a species we stand alone in our remarkable capacity to refashion the world after the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520331079
• ISBN13: 9780520331075
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.6"