How the Mind Works » (Reissue)

Besides challenging conventional wisdom about how we think, cognitive scientist Steven Pinker has a talent for conveying his findings about the brain, language and perception with a clarity and cleverness that has brought him a following outside his field.

"[How the Mind Works] marks out the territory on which the coming century's debate about human nature will be held."—Oliver Morton, The New Yorker

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A guided tour of the inner recesses of your psyche, which looks less like the Freudian house of horrors than a house of mirror. Written with...literary flair.

Foreword vii

Preface xv

1 Standard Equipment 3

2 Thinking Machines 59

3 Revenge of the Nerds 149

4 The Mind's Eye 211

5 Good Ideas 299

6 Hotheads 363

7 Family Values 425

8 The Meaning of Life 521

Notes 567

References 589

Credits 627

Index 629