{"product_id":"out-of-our-minds-felipe-fern-ndez-armesto-9780520377509","title":"Out of Our Minds: What We Think and How We Came to Think It","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"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.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 picture in our minds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Traversing the realms of science, politics, religion, culture, philosophy, and history, Felipe Fern疣dez-Armesto reveals the thrilling and disquieting tales of our imaginative leaps--from the first \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e to the present day. Through groundbreaking insights in cognitive science, Fern疣dez-Armesto explores how and why we have ideas in the first place, providing a tantalizing glimpse into who we are and what we might yet accomplish. Unearthing historical evidence, he begins by reconstructing the thoughts of our Paleolithic ancestors to reveal the subtlety and profundity of the thinking of early humans. A masterful paean to the human imagination from a wonderfully elegant thinker, \u003ci\u003eOut of Our Minds\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Felipe Fern疣dez-Armesto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520377508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520377509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.60w x 1.20d","brand":"Felipe Fern疣dez-Armesto","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993731432703,"sku":"9780520377509","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_76c6c9a2-6f3b-4902-b080-f30670f7fde9.jpg?v=1683325987","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/out-of-our-minds-felipe-fern-ndez-armesto-9780520377509","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}