Illusions of Certainty: Thoughts about thinking

This book condemns the certainties which pervade Western society, whether about innate rights, ethics or societal behavior, for a close examination of our powers of reasoning shows all such certainties to be illusory—and illusions lead us astray. The book combines the insights of cognitive scientists, neurobiologists and intellectuals, while assessing our subjectivity, objectivity, ambiguity of language, the flaky concept of truth, patterns of reasoning, formal logic, and how we actually think. It lays bare the ills of undue certainty, considers alternative approaches to reasoning and answers the broader questions of why we crave certainty and how we may benefit from living without it.

Illusions of Certainty: Thoughts about thinking by Bernard Warnick

Publisher: Bernard Warnick
Genre: Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780645370508 (paperback) 9780645370515 (hardcover).
Price ($AUD RRP): $34.95 hardcover, $28.95 paperback
Email: bernardwarnick@gmail.com for retail orders
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