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Why we're wrong about nearly everything : a theory of human misunderstanding / by Duffy, Bobby,author.(CARDINAL)814914;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-278) and index.Introduction: perils everywhere -- A healthy mind -- Sexual fantasies -- On the money? -- Inside and out: immigration and religion -- Safe and secure -- Political misdirection and disengagement -- Brexit and Trump: wishful and wrongful thinking -- Filtering our worlds -- Worldwide worry -- Who's most wrong? -- Dealing with our delusions.
Subjects: Knowledge, Sociology of.; Ignorance (Theory of knowledge); Perception.; Truthfulness and falsehood.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The evidence of the senses : a realist theory of perception / by Kelley, David,1949-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Knowledge, Theory of.; Perception (Philosophy); Senses and sensation.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Knowledge and decisions / by Sowell, Thomas,1930-(CARDINAL)138236;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-411) and index.1680L
Subjects: Decision making.; Reality.; Knowledge, Theory of.; Civilization, Modern.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Scandalous knowledge : science, truth and the human / by Smith, Barbara Herrnstein.(CARDINAL)809012;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Constructive realism.; Knowledge, Theory of.; Postmodernism.; Science;
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Discovering the mind / by Kaufmann, Walter,1921-1980.(CARDINAL)144109;
Bibliography: volume 1, pages 271-285; volume 2, pages 293-305.v. 1. Goethe, Kant, and Hegel.--v. 2. Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Buber.
Subjects: Philosophy of mind; Self-knowledge, Theory of; Philosophy, German.;
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Pursuit of truth / by Quine, W. V.(Willard Van Orman)(CARDINAL)153037;
Bibliography: pages 105-107.
Subjects: Knowledge, Theory of.; Meaning (Philosophy); Reference (Philosophy); Semantics (Philosophy);
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Ernst Cassirer: scientific knowledge and the concept of man / by Itzkoff, Seymour W.(CARDINAL)127651;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945.; Knowledge, Theory of.; Human beings.;
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The great unknown : seven journeys to the frontiers of science / by Du Sautoy, Marcus,author.(CARDINAL)339818;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Zero: the known unknowns -- First edge: chaos -- Second edge: matter -- Third edge: quantum physics -- Fourth edge: the universe -- Fifth edge: time -- Sixth edge: consciousness -- Seventh edge: infinity -- Beyond the edge."A captivating journey to the outer frontiers of human knowledge by the popular presenter of Netflix's The Story of Math Ever since the dawn of civilization we have been driven by a desire to know--to understand the physical world and the laws of nature.But are there limits to human knowledge? This tantalizing question has inspired scientists and functioned as a spur to innovation. Now, Marcus du Sautoy invites us to join him on a journey to the outer reaches of human understanding as there are still lots of deep mysteries waiting to be solved. Are some things beyond the predictive powers of science? Or are those challenges simply the next big discovery waiting to happen? Du Sautoy takes us into the minds of science's greatest innovators and reveals thefraught circumstances of their discoveries. He reminds us that major breakthroughs were often ridiculed at the time of their discovery. And he carries us on a whirlwind tour of seven "Edges" of knowledge - chaos theory, matter, quantum physics, the universe, time, consciousness and infinity --grounding a deeply personal exploration in simple concepts like the roll of dice, the notes of a cello, or how a clock measures time"--
Subjects: Discoveries in science.; Knowledge, Theory of.;
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Meditations on first philosophy : with selections from the Objections and replies / by Descartes, René,1596-1650.(CARDINAL)142376; Moriarty, Michael,1956-(CARDINAL)769190;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Meditations on first philosophy -- The Objections and replies.
Subjects: First philosophy.; God; Methodology.; Knowledge, Theory of.;
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Ignorance : how it drives science / by Firestein, Stuart.(CARDINAL)483865;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A short view of ignorance -- Finding out -- Limits, uncertainty, impossibility, and other minor problems -- Unpredicting -- The quality of ignorance -- You and ignorance -- Case histories."Contrary to the popular view of science as a mountainous accumulation of facts and data, Firestein takes the novel perspective that Ignorance is the main product and driving force of science, and that this is the best way to understand the process of scientific discovery"--"Knowledge is a big subject, says Stuart Firestein, but ignorance is a bigger one. And it is ignorance--not knowledge--that is the true engine of science. Most of us have a false impression of science as a surefire, deliberate, step-by-step method for finding things out and getting things done. In fact, says Firestein, more often than not, science is like looking for a black cat in a dark room, and there may not be a cat in the room. The process is more hit-or-miss than you might imagine, with much stumbling and groping after phantoms. But it is exactly this "not knowing," this puzzling over thorny questions or inexplicable data, that gets researchers into the lab early and keeps them there late, the thing that propels them, the very driving force of science. Firestein shows how scientists use ignorance to program their work, to identify what should be done, what the next steps are, and where they should concentrate their energies. And he includes a catalog of how scientists use ignorance, consciously or unconsciously--a remarkable range of approaches that includes looking for connections to other research, revisiting apparently settled questions, using small questions to get at big ones, and tackling a problem simply out of curiosity. The book concludes with four case histories--in cognitive psychology, theoretical physics, astronomy, and neuroscience--that provide a feel for the nuts and bolts of ignorance, the day-to-day battle that goes on in scientific laboratories and in scientific minds with questions that range from the quotidian to the profound. Turning the conventional idea about science on its head, Ignorance opens a new window on the true nature of research. It is a must-read for anyone curious about science"--
Subjects: Science; Ignorance (Theory of knowledge); Discoveries in science.;
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