Homo Prospectus

by Peter Railton, Chandra Sripada, Roy F. Baumeister, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199374473
• ISBN13: 9780199374472
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.4"