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The Human Mind review: Ambitious, up-to-the-minute guide to the mind

From perception and behaviour to choice and morality, psychologist Paul Bloom’s book on the mind takes us on a comprehensive journey of what it means to be human

11 May 2023

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: A brief tour of everything we know

Paul Bloom

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Inspired by The Origin of the Universe,��John Barrow’s 1994 survey of what was then known about cosmology, psychologist Paul Bloom has set about writing an introductory tome of his own: a brief yet comprehensive guide to the human mind.

Emulating Barrow’s superb survey has been hard because, as Bloom cheekily points out, “the mysteries of space and time turn out to be easier for our minds to grasp than those of…

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