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Homo Prospectus

Hardcover • 2016 • 1. edition

Homo Prospectus

By Martin E. P. Seligman, Peter Railton, Roy F. Baumeister, Chandra Sripada

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About the book

Our species is misnamed. Though sapiens defines human beings as "wise" what humans do especially well is to prospect the future. We are homo prospectus. 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.Much of the history of psychology has been dominated by a framework in which people's behavior is driven by past hi...Show more

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9780199374472

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Oxford University Press Inc

Published year

2016

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1

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Homo Prospectus

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Hardcover

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