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The Tool Instinct - Couverture rigide

Osiurak, François

 
9781786304711: The Tool Instinct
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1786304716 ISBN 13 : 9781786304711
Editeur : ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2020

Synopsis

Humans use countless tools and are constantly creating new ones. We are so prone to materiality that the changes we implement in our environment could put our very survival at stake. It has therefore become necessary to question the cognitive origins of this materiality. The Tool Instinct examines this subject by diametrically setting aside the idea that tool use is limited to manual activity. It proposes an original perspective that surpasses a great number of false beliefs regarding the relationship between humans and tools. The author argues that the human tendency to create and use tools relies on our ability (one that may be unique to our species) to generate our own physical problems, thereby resulting in a reasoning that is directed towards our physical world.

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À propos de l'auteur

François Osiurak is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Lyon, France, and a Junior Member at the Institut Universitaire de France. His research focuses on the neurocognitive origins of tool use and cumulative technological culture.

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Éditeur
ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1786304716
ISBN 13 
9781786304711
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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