In this Pulitzer Prize finalist and national bestseller, one of the world's leading cognitive scientists tackles the workings of the human mind. What makes us rational and why are we so often irrational$661 How do we see in three dimensions$662 What makes us happy, afraid, angry, disgusted, or sexually aroused$663 Why do we fall in love$664 And how do we grapple with the imponderables of morality, religion, and consciousness$665 $666How the Mind Works$667 synthesizes the most satisfying explanations of our mental life from cognitive science, evolutionary biology, and other fields to explain what the mind is, how it evolved, and how it allows us to see, think, feel, laugh, interact, enjoy the arts, and contemplate the mysteries of life. This new edition of Pinker's bold and buoyant classic is updated with a new foreword by the author.
