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Myth of the Closed Mind

Name: Myth of the Closed Mind
Brand: Open Court
SKU: 39797775
Price: 18032 HUF
Availability: InStock
Author: Ray Percival
ISBN: 9780812697957

Understanding Why and How People Are Rational

Ray Percival

Language

English

E-book Adobe ePub DRM

Libristo code: 39797775

Publishers Open Court, December 2011

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Libristo code: 39797775

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Its like talking to a brick wall and Well have to agree to disagree are popular sayings referring to the frustrating experience of discussing issues with people who seem to be beyond the reach of argument. Its often claimed that some peoplefundamentalists or fanaticsare indeed sealed off from rational criticism. And every month new pop psychology books appear, describing the dumb ways ordinary people make decisions, as revealed by psychological experiments. The conclusion is that all or most people are fundamentally irrational. Ray Scott Percival sets out to demolish the whole notion of the closed mind and of human irrationality. There is a difference between making mistakes and being irrational. Though humans are prone to mistakes, they remain rational. In fact, making mistakes is a sign of rationality: a totally non-rational entity could not make a mistake. Rationality does not mean absence of error; it means the possibility of correcting error in the light of criticism. In this sense, all human beliefs are rational: they are all vulnerable to being abandoned when shown to be faulty. Percival agrees that people cling stubbornly to their beliefs, but he maintains that not being too ready to abandon ones beliefs is rational.