Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error

Informationen zum Autor Kathryn Schulz has written for a number of US publications from Rolling Stone to the New York Times , on subjects as varied as right-wing film festivals to the impact of antidepressant use on Japanese culture. In 2004 she was awarded a Pew Fellowship in International Journalism. This is her first book. www.beingwrongbook.com Klappentext 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. 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, Kathryn Schulz offers an eloquent exploration of the allure of certainty and the necessity of fallibility. Zusammenfassung A book that asks - and answers - one of life's most uncomfortable questions: what if I'm wrong?

Product details

• Authors: Kathryn Schulz, Schulz Kathryn
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 20.05.2011
• EAN: 9781846270741
• ISBN: 978-1-84627-074-1
• No. of pages: 405
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 27 mm
• Series: Portobello Books
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Irrtum, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge