Understanding beliefs
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Author
Publication
2014 - MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
37,750 words, Guess
Page Count
151 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL31182400M
- Internet Archiveunderstandingbel0000nils
- ISBN-100262526433
- ISBN-139780262526432
- OCLC Control Number868000235
and 2 more
- OCLC Control Number2013047479
- Better World Books9780262526432
Classifications
- DDC121/.6
- LCCBD215 .N55 2014
- LCCBD215.N55 2014
Description
"Our beliefs constitute a large part of our knowledge of the world. We have beliefs about objects, about culture, about the past, and about the future. We have beliefs about other people, and we believe that they have beliefs as well. We use beliefs to predict, to explain, to create, to console, to entertain. Some of our beliefs we call theories, and we are extraordinarily creative at constructing them. Theories of quantum mechanics, evolution, and relativity are examples. But so are theories about astrology, alien abduction, guardian angels, and reincarnation. All are products (with varying degrees of credibility) of fertile minds trying to find explanations for observed phenomena. In this book, Nils Nilsson examines beliefs: what they do for us, how we come to hold them, and how to evaluate them."--
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