Understanding Human

The Scientific Basis of Knowing Ourselves from Mind to Mentality

“We produce meaning because we seek meaning.”

We have to 'introduce' people to themselves. We have to understand how the mind works, the function of emotions, the use of memory, how experiences are classified through sketches and given meaning by mental categories, and finally how they are all integrated into a story as a whole. Only then do we have the chance to interpret the qualities of our thoughts and behaviors.

In this book, Etyen Mahçupyan discusses how the mind is formed through biological evolution, and finally proposes and bases a theory on how the mentality is formed and works through cultural evolution. Starting from the basic question of whether a quality similar to the function of genetic memory in biological evolution also occurs in the process of cultural evolution, it opens up for discussion that such a quality exists and can be defined as 'mentality'.

“Can a person know himself by thinking about himself? In an age of endless credits to conscious thought, the answers to this question are likely to be positive. However, when we take into account the unconscious and mentality categories that people are not even aware of, even though they are the main determinants of decisions and behaviors, the answer should be: 'No, a person cannot know himself by thinking about himself, because only other people with whom he has relationships can show him his unconscious and mentality.'

Etyen Mahçupyan, in a world where consciousness and thought are shown and sanctified as independent variables, the first is the unconscious; It explains how the latter is surrounded by the mentality and points to the real categories we need to focus on and reckon with for a more mature sociality.”

Alper Görmüş

“Scientific specialization, which has deepened over the past few centuries, has caused those seeking answers to questions about self-knowledge and understanding to remain unaware of each other.

This book opens the door to understanding humans by bringing together neuroscience and social psychology. "While monitoring biological and cultural adaptation in the light of scientific knowledge, it offers a holistic framework for understanding humans and enables us to understand the function of our emotions, thoughts and behaviors by revealing the relationship between mind and mentality."

İzzet Özberki

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Number of Pages: 392

Size: 13.5 x 19.5

First Print Year: 2020

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Language Turkish