On being certain : believing you are right even when you're not / Robert A. Burton.

Author: Burton, Robert Alan, 1941-

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:New York : St. Martin's Press, 2008.

Descriptionxii, 256 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-242) and index.

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