Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind

Why Intelligence Increases When You Think Less

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Guy Claxton

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The human brain will do a number of unusual, interesting and important things - if given time. As described in this book, there is evidence from cognitive science and elsewhere that it will learn patterns of a degree of subtlety which normal, purposeful, busy consciousness cannot even see, let alone master; it will make sense out of hazy, ill-defined situations which leave everyday rationality flummoxed; it will get to the bottom of personal, emotional issues much more successfully than the questing intellect; it will detect and respond to meaning - in poetry, for example - that cannot be articulated; and it will sometimes come up with solutions to complicated predicaments that are wise rather than merely clever. The book explores these slower ways of knowing and explains how we could, or should, use them more often and more effectively.

Author Biography:

Guy Claxton is a psychologist and senior lecturer at King’s College, London. He is currently teaching at Schumacher College, a new international centre for studies informed by spiritual and ecological values at Dartington, Devon. He is the author of many books on religion, psychology and education.

Release date Australia

May 21st, 1998

Author

Guy Claxton

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Professional & Vocational

Pages

272

Dimensions

129x198x17

ISBN-13

9781857027099

Product ID

1709026

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