What is it about?
In this book review, I find that the author's thesis--that Shakespeare conducted thought experiments to learn about human behavior--is lacking. Moghaddam has major deficits in his interpretation of Shakespeare's works and modern psychology research. The book sheds little light on Shakespeare or on psychology.
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Why is it important?
There needs to be more exchanges of ideas between different disciplines. Moghaddam's book is -- on the surface -- a good idea. But for such an interdisciplinary thesis like his to be worthwhile, it cannot disregard important information or data from its constituent fields.
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I am a research psychologist and a theatre critic. So, I was the perfect person to review this book for a scholarly journal. It was nice to use two different areas of my expertise that don't cross-pollinate very often.
Dr Russell T. Warne
Independent Scholar
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This page is a summary of: Thinking Does Not Make It So, The American Journal of Psychology, October 2022, University of Illinois Press,
DOI: 10.5406/19398298.135.3.12.
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