Being Wrong : Adventures in the Margin of Error

Name: Being Wrong
Brand: Granta Books
SKU: 9781846270741
Price: 2000 KES
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ISBN: 9781846270741

by Kathryn Schulz

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 184627074X

ISBN-13 9781846270741

Publisher Granta Books

Imprint Granta Books

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jun 2nd, 2011

Print length 416 Pages

Weight 280 grams

Dimensions 19.80 x 14.20 x 3.50 cms

Product Classification: Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge

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A book that asks - and answers - one of life's most uncomfortable questions: what if I'm wrong?

Being wrong is an inescapable part of being alive. And yet we go through life tacitly assuming (or loudly insisting) that we are right about nearly everything - from our political beliefs to our private memories, from our grasp of scientific fact to the merits of our favourite team. Being Wrong looks at why this conviction has such a powerful grip on us, what happens when this conviction is shaken, and how we interpret the moral, political and psychological significance of being wrong. Drawing on philosophies old and new and cutting-edge neuroscience, Schulz offers an exploration of the allure of certainty and the necessity of fallibility in four main areas: in religion (when the end of the world fails to be nigh); in politics (where were those WMD?); in memory (where are my keys?); and in love (when Mr or Ms Right becomes Mr or Ms Wrong).

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