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Author: Fernbach, Philip, Sloman, Steven
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Title The Knowledge Illusion : Why We Never Think Alone
Author Fernbach, Philip, Sloman, Steven
Binding Hardback
Condition Used - Good
Pages 304
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date 2017-03
Illustrated Yes
Bookseller's Inventory # 14271744-6
ISBN 9780399184352 / 039918435X
Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
Dimensions 9.1 x 6 x 1.2 in (23.11 x 15.24 x 3.05 cm)
Category Psychology
Library of Congress subjects Thought and thinking, Knowledge, Sociology of
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2016036297
Dewey Decimal Code 153.42
Quantity available 2

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From the publisher

"The Knowledge Illusion is filled with insights on how we should deal with our individual ignorance and collective wisdom." --Steven Pinker

We all think we know more than we actually do.

Humans have built hugely complex societies and technologies, but most of us don't even know how a pen or a toilet works. How have we achieved so much despite understanding so little? Cognitive scientists Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach argue that we survive and thrive despite our mental shortcomings because we live in a rich community of knowledge. The key to our intelligence lies in the people and things around us. We're constantly drawing on information and expertise stored outside our heads: in our bodies, our environment, our possessions, and the community with which we interact--and usually we don't even realize we're doing it.

The human mind is both brilliant and pathetic. We have mastered fire, created democratic institutions, stood on the moon, and sequenced our genome. And yet each of us is error prone, sometimes irrational, and often ignorant. The fundamentally communal nature of intelligence and knowledge explains why we often assume we know more than we really do, why political opinions and false beliefs are so hard to change, and why individual-oriented approaches to education and management frequently fail. But our collaborative minds also enable us to do amazing things. The Knowledge Illusion contends that true genius can be found in the ways we create intelligence using the community around us.

About the author

Steven Sloman is a professor of cognitive, linguistic, and psychological sciences at Brown University. He is the editor in chief of the journal Cognition. He lives with his wife in Providence, Rhode Island. His two children have flown the coop.

Philip Fernbach is a cognitive scientist and professor of marketing at the University of Colorado's Leeds School of Business. He lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife and two children.

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