On Being Certain Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not

Name: On Being Certain Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not
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ISBN: 9780312541521

ISBN-10: 031254152X

ISBN-13: 9780312541521

Edition: N/A

Authors: Robert A. Burton, Robert Burton

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Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 3/17/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.20" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.242



Preface



The Feeling of Knowing



How Do We Know What We Know?



Conviction Isn't a Choice



The Classification of Mental States



Neural Networks



Modularity and Emergence



When Does a Thought Begin?



Perceptual Thoughts: A Further Clarification



The Pleasure of Your Thoughts



Genes and Thought



Sensational Thoughts



The Twin Pillars of Certainty: Reason and Objectivity



Faith



Mind Speculations



Final Thoughts


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index