World without weight [electronic resource] : perspectives on an alien mind / Daniel Povinelli.

By:

Povinelli, Daniel J

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:

9780191730979 (ebook) :

Subject(s):

Cognition

Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

153 23

LOC classification:

BF311

Online resources:

Oxford scholarship online

Also issued in print format.Summary: In every domain of reasoning humans deploy a wide range of intuitive 'theories' about how the world works. So are we alone in trying to make sense of the world by postulating theoretical entities to explain how the world works, or do we share this ability with other species? This is the focus of Povinelli's book.

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In every domain of reasoning humans deploy a wide range of intuitive 'theories' about how the world works. So are we alone in trying to make sense of the world by postulating theoretical entities to explain how the world works, or do we share this ability with other species? This is the focus of Povinelli's book.

Also issued in print format.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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