The Case Against Reality Paperback by Donald Hoffman

Product Details

• Publisher: WW Norton (2022-11-15)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 272 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780393541489
• Item Weight: 221.13 grams
• Dimensions: 8.25 x 5.42 x 0.65 cm

Can we trust our senses to tell us the truth?

Challenging leading scientific theories that claim that our senses report back objective reality, cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman argues that while we should take our perceptions seriously, we should not take them literally. From examining why fashion designers create clothes that give the illusion of a more “attractive” body shape to studying how companies use color to elicit specific emotions in consumers, and even dismantling the very notion that spacetime is objective reality, The Case Against Reality dares us to question everything we thought we knew about the world we see.

About the Author

Donald Hoffman is professor of cognitive science at the University of California, Irvine. His writing has appeared in Scientific American and Edge, and his work has been featured in the Atlantic, Wired, and Quanta. He resides in Irvine, California.