- EAN13
- 9782366593099
- Éditeur
- Le Mono
- Date de publication
- 19/10/2016
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
Livre numérique
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Aide EAN13 : 9782366593099
- Fichier EPUB, libre d'utilisation
- Fichier Mobipocket, libre d'utilisation
- Lecture en ligne, lecture en ligne
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What is the nature of belief? What are the conditions under which it arises?
and What are the causes for its appearance? The purpose of this book is to
answer these questions and to investigate the nature of deception, of the
formation of false beliefs leading to erroneous action.
“No one allowed the use of his eyes will ever believe that the ball held
between the crossed fingers is really double, but children often think that a
spoon half immersed in water is really bent. Primitive peoples believed that
the moon really grew smaller as it rose above the horizon, and the ancients
could count sufficiently upon the ignorance of the people to make use of
mirrors and other stage devices for revealing the power of the gods. The
ability to correct such errors depends solely upon the possession of certain
knowledge, or a confidence in the existence of such knowledge...”
and What are the causes for its appearance? The purpose of this book is to
answer these questions and to investigate the nature of deception, of the
formation of false beliefs leading to erroneous action.
“No one allowed the use of his eyes will ever believe that the ball held
between the crossed fingers is really double, but children often think that a
spoon half immersed in water is really bent. Primitive peoples believed that
the moon really grew smaller as it rose above the horizon, and the ancients
could count sufficiently upon the ignorance of the people to make use of
mirrors and other stage devices for revealing the power of the gods. The
ability to correct such errors depends solely upon the possession of certain
knowledge, or a confidence in the existence of such knowledge...”
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