{"product_id":"homo-prospectus-hardcover","title":"Homo Prospectus - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartin E. P. Seligman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter Railton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRoy F. Baumeister\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur species is misnamed. Though \u003cem\u003esapiens\u003c\/em\u003e defines human beings as \"wise\" what humans do especially well is to prospect the future. We are \u003cem\u003ehomo prospectus\u003c\/em\u003e. In this book, Martin E. P. Seligman, Peter Railton, Roy F. Baumeister, and Chandra Sripada argue it is anticipating and evaluating future possibilities for the guidance of thought and action that is the cornerstone of human success. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuch of the history of psychology has been dominated by a framework in which people's behavior is driven by past history (memory) and present circumstances (perception and motivation). \u003cem\u003eHomo Prospectus\u003c\/em\u003e reassesses this idea, pushing focus to the future front and center and opening discussion of a new field of Psychology and Neuroscience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe authors delve into four modes in which prospection operates: the implicit mind, deliberate thought, mind-wandering, and collective (social) imagination. They then explore prospection's role in some of life's most enduring questions: Why do people think about the future? Do we have free will? What is the nature of intuition, and how might it function in ethics? How does emotion function in human psychology? Is there a common causal process in different psychopathologies? Does our creativity change with age? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this remarkable convergence of research in philosophy, statistics, decision theory, psychology, and neuroscience, \u003cem\u003eHomo Prospectus\u003c\/em\u003e shows how human prospection fundamentally reshapes our understanding of key cognitive processes, thereby improving individual and social functioning. It aims to galvanize interest in this new science from scholars in psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy, as well as an educated public curious about what makes humanity what it is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartin E. P. Seligman\u003c\/strong\u003e, PhD, Director of the Penn Positive Psychology Center, Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology in the Penn Department of Psychology, and Director of the Penn Master of Applied Positive Psychology program (MAPP). Seligman is a leading authority in the fields of Positive Psychology, resilience, learned helplessness, depression, optimism and pessimism. He has written more than 275 scholarly publications and 25 books, including \u003cem\u003eFlourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being \u003c\/em\u003e(2011) and co-authored \u003cem\u003eCharacter Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford University Press 2004). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Railton\u003c\/strong\u003e, PhD, is Gregory S. Kavka Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Railton has worked in the philosophy of science, ethics, metaethics, political philosophy, and aesthetics. He has also taught at Berkeley and Princeton and been affiliated with various research centers in the US and Europe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoy F. Baumeister\u003c\/strong\u003e, PhD, is Frances Eppes Eminent Scholar and Professor of Psychology at Florida State University. Baumeister's research spans self and identity, self-regulation, interpersonal rejection and the need to belong, sexuality and gender, aggression, self-esteem, meaning, and self-presentation. He has written over 500 publications and 31 books, including \u003cem\u003eWillpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength\u003c\/em\u003e (2011) and \u003cem\u003eThe Cultural Animal: Human Nature, Meaning, and Social Life\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford University Press 2005). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChandra Sripada\u003c\/strong\u003e, MD, PhD, is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Psychiatry at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Sripada studies brain mechanisms of decision-making, prospection, and self-control, and tries to understand how emerging results from the sciences impact our picture of ourselves as free and rational agents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.4 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 13, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684840181823,"sku":"9780199374472","price":129.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5bd7b57c6b4d925342bae70bcf7a4e4b.webp?v=1764968838","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/homo-prospectus-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}