| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xii, 256 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-242) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
Neurologist Robert Burton challenges common notions about how people think about what they know, demonstrating how the feeling of certainty comes from a place beyond knowledge and control and is a mental sensation, not evidence of fact. |
| Subject |
Certainty.
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Certainty. (OCoLC)fst00851461
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| ISBN |
9780312359201 |
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0312359209 |
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