Out of Our Minds

Klappentext ¿Immensely learned and ambitious¿seam-bursting eclecticism and polymathic brio¿¿This is by any standards a significant book and its author deserves high praise.¿ Literary Review ¿ To imagine ¿ to see that which is not there ¿ is the startling ability that has fuelled human development and innovation through the centuries. As a species we stand alone in our remarkable capacity to refashion the world after the pictures in our minds. Traversing the realms of science, politics, religion, culture, philosophy and history, Felipe Fern¿ez-Armesto reveals the thrilling and disquieting tales of our imaginative leaps. Through groundbreaking insights in cognitive science, he explores how and why we have ideas in the first place, providing a tantalising glimpse into who we are and what we might yet accomplish. Fern¿ez-Armesto shows that bad ideas are often more influential than good ones; that the oldest recoverable thoughts include some of the best; that ideas of Western origin often issued from exchanges with the wider world; and that the pace of innovative thinking is under threat. Zusammenfassung An extraordinary journey through the history of human imagination! from the dawn of civilisation to the present day

Product details

• Authors: Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Felipe Fernnadez-Armesto
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.06.2019
• EAN: 9781786075819
• ISBN: 978-1-78607-581-9
• No. of pages: 480
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, History of Ideas, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, Philosophy of Mind, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, SCIENCE / Cognitive Science, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology