Understanding Beliefs
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- Paperback
168 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2014
Summary
What beliefs are, what they do for us, how we come to hold them, and how to evaluate them. 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. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262526432 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262526433 |
| Author: | Nils J. Nilsson |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 168 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2014 |
| Weight: | 176g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 127mm x 11mm |
| Series: | Understanding Beliefs |
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In summary, Understanding Beliefs offers an intriguing and compelling account of some of the aspects of belief formation, maintenance and evaluation. Although the overall aim of the book is to introduce the reader to the topic and therefore is not very in depth in terms of technical details, the arguments Nilsson puts forward are very persuasive and will likely affect if not alter the thinking styles of his readers.
* Cognitive Neuropsychiatry *About The Author
Nils J. Nilsson
Nils J. Nilsson is Kumagai Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University. He is the author of The Quest for Artificial Intelligence- A History of Ideas and Achievements and other books. He lives in Oregon.
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