The case aganist reality : why evolution hid the truth from our eyes / Donald Hoffman.
The case aganist reality : why evolution hid the truth from our eyes / Donald Hoffman.
The case aganist reality : why evolution hid the truth from our eyes / Donald Hoffman.
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Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
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G 2019/4240
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Language
English
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Physical content
xviii, 250 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Mystery: the scalpel that split consciousness -- Beauty: sirens of the gene -- Reality: capers of the unseen sun -- Sensory: fitness beats truth -- Illusory: the bluff of a desktop -- Gravity: spacetime is doomed -- Virtuality: inflating a holoworld -- Polychromy: mutations of an interface -- Scruti...
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Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
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Summary
The author offers a groundbreaking examination of human perception.
Can we trust our senses to tell us the truth? Challenging leading scientific theories that claim that our senses report back objective reality, cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman argues that while we should take our perceptions seriously, we should not take them literally. How can it be possible that the world we see is not objective reality? And h...
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The case aganist reality : why evolution hid the truth from our eyes / Donald Hoffman.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2019/4240
Record Identifier
74VKVlVdV5XM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVlVdV5XM
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ISBN
0393254690 hardcover
9780393254693 hardcover
DDC
121.34
MMS ID
991024261618402626
