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Evolving Insight
Richard W. Byrne
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Description for Evolving Insight
Paperback. Coming 30 years after publication of Richard Byrne's seminal book The Thinking Ape, Evolving Insight develops a new theory of the evolutionary origins of our human ability to understand the world of objects and other people. In a clear and accessible style, the book reviews the evidence for insight in the cognition of animals. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR; PSAJ; PSVP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
'Insight' is not a very popular word in psychology or biology. Popular terms-like "intelligence", "planning", "complexity" or "cognitive"- have a habit of sprawling out to include everyone's favourite interpretation, and end up with such vague meanings that each new writer has to redefine them for use. Insight remains in everyday usage: as a down-to-earth, lay term for a deep, shrewd or discerning kind of understanding. Insight is a good thing to have, so it's important to find out how it evolved, and that's what this book is about. Coming 20 years after publication of Richard Byrne's seminal book ... Read more
'Insight' is not a very popular word in psychology or biology. Popular terms-like "intelligence", "planning", "complexity" or "cognitive"- have a habit of sprawling out to include everyone's favourite interpretation, and end up with such vague meanings that each new writer has to redefine them for use. Insight remains in everyday usage: as a down-to-earth, lay term for a deep, shrewd or discerning kind of understanding. Insight is a good thing to have, so it's important to find out how it evolved, and that's what this book is about. Coming 20 years after publication of Richard Byrne's seminal book ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198757078
SKU
V9780198757078
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About Richard W. Byrne
Richard Byrne studies the evolution of cognitive and social behaviour, particularly the origins of distinctively human characteristics. Current projects focus on the gestural communication of the great apes, and on the social cognition of the African elephant. Previous work has included tactical deception in primates and its relationship to brain size and intelligence, welfare-related studies of cognition in the domestic ... Read more
Reviews for Evolving Insight
I would recommend this book unreservedly. It was well written, easy to follow and provided a very clear yet provocative discussion into the evolution of insight.
Deborah Wearne, Australasian Psychiatry
Deborah Wearne, Australasian Psychiatry