On Being Certain

On Being Certain
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 031254152X
ISBN-13 : 9780312541521
Rating : 4/5 (2X Downloads)

Book Synopsis On Being Certain by : Robert Alan Burton

Download or read book On Being Certain written by Robert Alan Burton and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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