Beyond The Information Given: Studies In The Psychology Of Knowing
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
What does the human mind do with information that was never explicitly provided? Beyond the Information Given presents one of the twentieth century's most influential psychological thinkers at the height of his intellectual power, assembling a landmark collection of Jerome S. Bruner's most significant essays and papers on the psychology of knowing. Selected, edited, and introduced by Jeremy M. Anglin, this volume chronicles Bruner's groundbreaking investigations into perception, cognition, thought, and the intricate processes by which human beings construct meaning from their encounters with the world. Bruner's writing is at once rigorous and accessible, arguing with elegant precision that cognition is not a passive reception of facts but an active, constructive process that reaches far beyond the data immediately at hand. The collection draws together decades of seminal research, illustrating how his ideas laid the intellectual foundations for the cognitive revolution in psychology and continue to resonate across disciplines from education to philosophy of mind. For anyone seeking to understand the architecture of human thought, this anthology poses a question that lingers long after the final page: how much of what we know did we quietly invent ourselves?
Author: Jerome S. Bruner
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974, George Allen & Unwin Ltd
Genre: Psychology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
What does the human mind do with information that was never explicitly provided? Beyond the Information Given presents one of the twentieth century's most influential psychological thinkers at the height of his intellectual power, assembling a landmark collection of Jerome S. Bruner's most significant essays and papers on the psychology of knowing. Selected, edited, and introduced by Jeremy M. Anglin, this volume chronicles Bruner's groundbreaking investigations into perception, cognition, thought, and the intricate processes by which human beings construct meaning from their encounters with the world. Bruner's writing is at once rigorous and accessible, arguing with elegant precision that cognition is not a passive reception of facts but an active, constructive process that reaches far beyond the data immediately at hand. The collection draws together decades of seminal research, illustrating how his ideas laid the intellectual foundations for the cognitive revolution in psychology and continue to resonate across disciplines from education to philosophy of mind. For anyone seeking to understand the architecture of human thought, this anthology poses a question that lingers long after the final page: how much of what we know did we quietly invent ourselves?