{"product_id":"homo-prospectus-martin-e-p-seligman-9780199374472","title":"Homo Prospectus","description":"Our species is misnamed. Though \u003cem\u003esapiens\u003c\/em\u003e defines human beings as \"wise\" what humans do especially well is to prospect the future. We are \u003cem\u003ehomo prospectus\u003c\/em\u003e. In this book, Martin E. P. Seligman, Peter Railton, Roy F. Baumeister, and Chandra Sripada argue it is anticipating and evaluating future possibilities for the guidance of thought and action that is the cornerstone of human success. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuch of the history of psychology has been dominated by a framework in which people's behavior is driven by past history (memory) and present circumstances (perception and motivation). \u003cem\u003eHomo Prospectus\u003c\/em\u003e reassesses this idea, pushing focus to the future front and center and opening discussion of a new field of Psychology and Neuroscience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe authors delve into four modes in which prospection operates: the implicit mind, deliberate thought, mind-wandering, and collective (social) imagination. They then explore prospection's role in some of life's most enduring questions: Why do people think about the future? Do we have free will? What is the nature of intuition, and how might it function in ethics? How does emotion function in human psychology? Is there a common causal process in different psychopathologies? Does our creativity change with age? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this remarkable convergence of research in philosophy, statistics, decision theory, psychology, and neuroscience, \u003cem\u003eHomo Prospectus\u003c\/em\u003e shows how human prospection fundamentally reshapes our understanding of key cognitive processes, thereby improving individual and social functioning. It aims to galvanize interest in this new science from scholars in psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy, as well as an educated public curious about what makes humanity what it is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin E. P. Seligman, Peter Railton, Roy F. Baumeister\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199374473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199374472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/13\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.40d","brand":"Martin E. P. Seligman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43994818412799,"sku":"9780199374472","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1ff3a5e2-92a2-45f5-9a3d-6a6901dce37a.jpg?v=1683332357","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/homo-prospectus-martin-e-p-seligman-9780199374472","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}