{"product_id":"mind-society-from-brains-to-social-sciences-and-professions-treatise-on-mind-and-society-paperback","title":"Mind-Society: From Brains to Social Sciences and Professions (Treatise on Mind and Society) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Thagard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do minds make societies, and how do societies change? Paul Thagard systematically connects neural and psychological explanations of mind with major social sciences (social psychology, sociology, politics, economics, anthropology, and history) and professions (medicine, law, education, engineering, and business). Social change emerges from interacting social and mental mechanisms. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany economists and political scientists assume that individuals make rational choices, despite the abundance of evidence that people frequently succumb to thinking errors such as motivated inference. Much of sociology and anthropology is taken over with postmodernist assumptions that everything is constructed on the basis of social relations such as power, with no inkling that these relations are mediated by how people think about each other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eMind-Society\u003c\/em\u003e displays the interdependence of the cognitive and social sciences by describing the interconnections among mental and social mechanisms, which interact to generate social changes ranging from marriage patterns to wars. Validation comes from detailed studies of important social changes, from norms about romantic relationships to economic practices, political institutions, religious customs, and international relations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book belongs to a trio that includes \u003cem\u003eBrain-Mind: From Neurons to Consciousness and Creativity \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eNatural Philosophy: From Social Brains to Knowledge, Reality, Morality, and Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e. They can be read independently, but together they make up a \u003cem\u003eTreatise on Mind and Society\u003c\/em\u003e that provides a unified and comprehensive treatment of the cognitive sciences, social sciences, professions, and humanities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Thagard\u003c\/strong\u003e is a distinguished philosopher and cognitive scientist who has written many books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Brain and the Meaning of Life\u003c\/em\u003e (Princeton University Press, 2010) and \u003cem\u003eThe Cognitive Science of Science\u003c\/em\u003e (MIT Press, 2012). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Cognitive Science\u003cbr\u003eSociety, and the Association for Psychological Science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 488\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.4 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 06, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462935036082,"sku":"9780197618769","price":75.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/a33b1aac86ba511076787cef3b682603.webp?v=1778979049","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/mind-society-from-brains-to-social-sciences-and-professions-treatise-on-mind-and-society-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}