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001 2010282589
003 DLC
005 20150101080143.0
008 100921s2010 nyua b 001 0 eng d
010 $a 2010282589
020 $a9780061176043
020 $a0061176044
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn609651971
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050 00 $aBD171$b.S3273 2010
082 00 $a121/.6$222
100 1 $aSchulz, Kathryn.
245 10 $aBeing wrong :$badventures in the margin of error /$cKathryn Schulz.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bEcco,$cc2010.
300 $aviii, 405 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [345]-391) and index.
520 $aJournalist "explores why we find it so gratifying to be right and so maddening to be mistaken, and how this attitude toward error corrodes relationships." She claims that "error is both a given and a gift -- one that can transform our worldviews, our relationships, and, most profoundly, ourselves."
505 0 $aThe idea of error. Wrongology ; Two models of wrongness -- The origins of error. Our senses ; Our minds, part one: Knowing, not knowing, and making it up ; Our minds, part two: Belief ; Our minds, part three: Evidence ; Our society ; The allure of certainty -- The experience of error. Being wrong ; How wrong? ; Denial and acceptance ; Heartbreak ; Transformation -- Embracing error. The paradox of error ; The optimistic meta-induction from the history of everything.
650 0 $aError.
650 0 $aFallibility.
650 0 $aDecision making$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aPhilosophical anthropology.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1013/2010282589-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1013/2010282589-d.html