Mindlessness /:

Thinking is overrated: firefighters make the right calls without a clue as to why; and you are ill advised to look at your steps as you go down the stairs. Just do it, mindlessly. Both psychologists and the common man have long worked out that thinking is often a bad idea, but philosophers still han...

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Main Author: Di Nucci, Ezio (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Thinking is overrated: firefighters make the right calls without a clue as to why; and you are ill advised to look at your steps as you go down the stairs. Just do it, mindlessly. Both psychologists and the common man have long worked out that thinking is often a bad idea, but philosophers still hang on to an intellectualist picture of human action. This book challenges that picture and calls on philosophers to wake up to the power of mindlessness.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 193 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-191) and index.
ISBN:9781443857857
1443857858

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