Description |
viii, 405 p. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-391) and index. |
Contents |
The idea of error. Wrongology ; Two models of wrongness -- The origins of error. Our senses ; Our minds, part one: Knowing, not knowing, and making it up ; Our minds, part two: Belief ; Our minds, part three: Evidence ; Our society ; The allure of certainty -- The experience of error. Being wrong ; How wrong? ; Denial and acceptance ; Heartbreak ; Transformation -- Embracing error. The paradox of error ; The optimistic meta-induction from the history of everything. |
Subject |
Fallibility.
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Errors.
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Decision making -- Psychological aspects.
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Philosophical anthropology.
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ISBN |
9781846270734 (hbk.) |
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1846270731 (hbk.) |
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