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How the Mind Works
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Rakan
Jun 13, 2010 rated it really liked it
Shelves: science
في هذا الكتاب يتحدث ستيفن بنكر أستاذ العلوم الإدراكية وعالم النفس بشكل أساسي عن نظرية العقل الحسابية
computational theory of the mind

بالعربي، الرجل يتحدث عن العقل (ليس المخ) من وجهة نظر أخرى غير اعتيادية. وجهة نظر تطورية. فيفسر العمليات الادراكية داخل العقل بقوى تطورية (داروينية) وبقوانين حاسويبة.

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Kathleen
Jan 01, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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It took me six months to get through this book. There are alot of ideas covered, so it seems fitting to go through it slowly. Plus, even in paperback, the tome is hefty and not suitable of commute-reading. I really appreciate the Notes and References at the back. I nearly abandoned the book after reading Chapter 2. I suspect there are concepts on computational thinking that I just am not familiar enough with to understand, but also Pinker took on a combative tone that was equally incomprehensibl ...more
Eric Bingham
Dec 28, 2011 rated it it was ok
Meh. There were some interesting parts, but overall, this book left me quite disappointed. I suppose I was hoping for, and expecting, more of "how the BRAIN works." This book felt like a lot of philosophy and guess work rather than science. There was a lot of rambling that I had a hard time seeing the purpose of. Overall, not one that I would recommend. ...more
Tom
Oct 20, 2010 rated it it was amazing
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Awesome. It completely delivers on it's title. ...more
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