Useful Fictions

Informationen zum Autor Michael Austin is the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Newman University in Wichita, Kansas. He is the author of Reading the World: Ideas that Matter and the editor of A Voice in the Wilderness: Conversations with Terry Tempest Williams. Klappentext Michael Austin is the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Newman University in Wichita, Kansas. He is the author of Reading the World: Ideas that Matter and the editor of A Voice in the Wilderness: Conversations with Terry Tempest Williams. Zusammenfassung An exploration of why humans are drawn to fictional stories through the application of evolution theory and cognitive science Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Big QuestionIllustrations1. Scheherazade's Stories and Pangloss's Nose2. Stories for Thinking3. The Influence of Anxiety4. Information Anxiety5. The Problem of Other People6. Sex, Lies, and Phenotypes7. Deceiving Ourselves and OthersConclusionWorks CitedNotesIndex

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An exploration of why humans are drawn to fictional stories through the application of evolution theory and cognitive science

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Introduction: The Big QuestionIllustrations1. Scheherazade's Stories and Pangloss's Nose2. Stories for Thinking3. The Influence of Anxiety4. Information Anxiety5. The Problem of Other People6. Sex, Lies, and Phenotypes7. Deceiving Ourselves and OthersConclusionWorks CitedNotesIndex