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The Case Against Reality

by Donald Hoffman
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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. From examining why fashion designers create clothes that give the illusion of a more "attractive" body shape to studying how companies use color to elicit specific emotions in consumers, and even dismantling the very notion that spacetime is objective reality, The Case Against Reality dares us to question everything we thought we knew about the world we see.
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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  • Release date: August 13, 2019

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  • ISBN: 9780393254709
  • Release date: August 13, 2019

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  • ISBN: 9780393254709
  • File size: 10168 KB
  • Release date: August 13, 2019
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Computer Technology Philosophy Science Nonfiction

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English

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. From examining why fashion designers create clothes that give the illusion of a more "attractive" body shape to studying how companies use color to elicit specific emotions in consumers, and even dismantling the very notion that spacetime is objective reality, The Case Against Reality dares us to question everything we thought we knew about the world we see.
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Computer Technology Philosophy Science Nonfiction