On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not
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- Synopsis
- Burton challenges the notions of how we think about what we know. He shows that the feeling of certainty we have when we know something comes from sources beyond our control and knowledge. In fact, certainty is a mental sensation, rather than evidence of fact. Because this feeling of knowing seems like confirmation of knowledge, we tend to think of it as a product of reason. But an increasing body of evidence suggests that feelings such as certainty stem from primitive areas of the brain and are independent of active, conscious reflection and reasoning. The feeling of knowing happens to us; we cannot make it happen.
- Copyright:
- 2008
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 256 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780312359201
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 07/08/08
- Copyrighted By:
- Robert A. Burton, M.D.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Psychology, Philosophy
- Submitted By:
- Carrie Karnos
- Proofread By:
- Carrie Karnos
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.