The Delusions of Certainty

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The Delusions of Certainty

Author	: Siri Hustvedt
File Size	: 53,7 Mb
Publisher	: Hachette UK
Language	: English
Release Date	: 16 November 2017
ISBN	: 9781473682184
Pages	: 400 pages

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The Delusions of Certainty by Siri Hustvedt Book PDF Summary

Prizewinning novelist, feminist, and scholar Siri Hustvedt turns her brilliant and critical eye toward the metaphysical issues of neuropsychology in this lauded, standalone volume. Originally published in her collection A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women, The Delusions of Certainty exposes how the age-old, unresolved mind-body problem has shaped - and often distorted and confused - contemporary thought in neuroscience, psychiatry, genetics, artificial intelligence, and evolutionary psychology.

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