On Knowing: Essays for the Left Hand (Expanded)

Thelefthandhastraditionallyrepresentedthepowersofintuition，feeling，andspontaneity.Inthisclassicbook，JeromeBrunerinquiresintothepartthesequalitiesplayindetermininghowweknowwhatwedoknow;howwecanhelpotherstoknow-thatis，toteach;andhowourconceptionofrealityaffectsouractionsandismodifiedbythem.ThestrikingandsubtlediscussionscontainedinOnKnowingtakeonthecoreissuesconcerningman'ssenseofself：creativity，thesearchforidentity，thenatureofaestheticknowledge，myth，thelearningprocess，andmodem-dayattitudestowardsocialcontrols，Freud，andfate.Inthisrevised，expandededition，Brunercommentsonhispersonaleffortstomaintainanintuitivelyandrationallybalancedunderstandingofhumannature，takingintoaccounttheoddhistoricalcircumstanceswhichhavehinderedacademicpsychology'sattemptsinthepasttoknowman.Writingwithwit，imagination，anddeepsympathyforthehumancondition，JeromeBrunerspeaksheretothepartofman'smindthatcanneverbecompletelysatisfiedbytheright-handedvirtuesoforder，rationality，anddiscipline.