Strangers to Ourselves

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Strangers to Ourselves

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ISBN: 9780674013827
author: Timothy D. Wilson
publishing house: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
publication date: 2004 -5
binding: Paperback
price: USD 24.00
number of pages: 262

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Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious

Timothy D. Wilson   

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"Know thyself," a precept as old as Socrates, is still good advice. But is introspection the best path to self-knowledge? What are we trying to discover, anyway? In an eye-opening tour of the unconscious, as contemporary psychological science has redefined it, Timothy D. Wilson introduces us to a hidden mental world of judgments, feelings, and motives that introspection may never show us.

contents

Preface
1. Freud’s Genius, Freud’s Myopia
2. The Adaptive Unconscious
3. Who’s in Charge?
4. Knowing Who We Are
5. Knowing Why
6. Knowing How We Feel
7. Knowing How We Will Feel
8. Introspection and Self-Narratives
9. Looking Outward to Know Ourselves
10. Observing and Changing Our Behavior
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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