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The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes by Donald D. Hoffman (Paperback, 2020)

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE PHYSICS WORLD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019'One of the deepest and most original thinkers of his generation of cognitive scientists. Our visual perceptions are not a window onto reality, Hoffman shows us, but instead are interfaces constructed by natural selection.

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A ground-breaking examination of human perception, reality and the evolutionary schism between the two Do we see the world as it truly is? In The Case Against Reality, pioneering cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman says- No, we see what we need in order to survive. Our visual perceptions are not a window onto reality, Hoffman shows us, but instead are interfaces constructed by natural selection. The objects we see around us are not unlike the file icons on our computer desktops- while shaped like a small folder on our screens, the files themselves are made of a series of ones and zeros too complex for most of us to understand. In a similar way, Hoffman argues, evolution has shaped our perceptions into simplistic illusions to help us navigate the world around us. Yet now these illusions can be manipulated by advertising and design. Drawing on thirty years of Hoffman's own influential research, as well as evolutionary biology, game theory, neuroscience, and philosophy, The Case Against Reality makes the mind-bending yet utterly convincing case that the world is nothing like what we see before our eyes.

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PublisherPenguin Books LTD

ISBN-139780141983417

eBay Product ID (ePID)12046521061

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Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameThe Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes

Publication Year2020

SubjectPopular Philosophy, Biology

TypeStudy Guide

AuthorDonald D. Hoffman

Subject AreaArtificial Intelligence, Developmental Psychology

FormatPaperback

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Item Height198 mm

Item Weight214 g

Item Width129 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorDonald D. Hoffman

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by wombat_5359
29 Jul, 2022
The Case against Reality
A wonderfully concise and lucid account of the state of play. A must read.
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