On being certain: believing you are right even when you're not [First edition] 9781429926119, 1429926112

Neurologist Robert Burton challenges common notions about how people think about what they know, demonstrating how the f

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On being certain: believing you are right even when you're not [First edition]
 9781429926119, 1429926112

Table of contents :
Content: 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.

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