Self-Knowledge for Humans

by Quassim Cassam

Book Overview

Human beings are not model epistemic citizens. Our reasoning can be careless and uncritical, and our beliefs, desires, and other attitudes aren't always as they ought rationally to be. Our beliefs can be eccentric, our desires irrational and our hopes hopelessly unrealistic. Our attitudes are influenced by a wide range of non-epistemic or non-rational factors, including our character, our emotions and powerful unconscious biases. Yet we are rarely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198776683
• ISBN13: 9780198776680
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"