Uncertain The wisdom and wonder of being unsure
Book - 2023
"Featuring cutting-edge research and in-depth reporting, this paradigm-shifting book shows us how to skillfully confront the unexpected and unknown, and how to seek not-knowing in the service of curiosity, wisdom, and discovery"--
Location | Call Number | Status | |
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2nd Floor New Shelf | 153.4/Jackson | (NEW SHELF) | Due Sep 16, 2024 |
- Subjects
- Published
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Lanham, MD :
Prometheus Books, an imprint of Globe Pequot, the trade division of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc
[2023]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- xxix, 311 pages : 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781633889187
- Introduction
- Part I. Awakenings
- 1. Mind under Fire: The Shadow Side of Knowing
- 2. "Fresh Eyes": Seeing What Matters by Taking Uncertainty's Lead
- Part II. Byways of the Mind
- 3. Why Forgetting Is Not a Loss
- 4. Notes from the Mind's Own Sketchbook
- Part III. Thinking As We
- 5. Outside the Walls of Our Perspective: How Tolerance Sets Us Free
- 6. Uncommon Ground: Uncertainty and the New Right Stuff of Collaboration
- Part IV. Aspiring Minds
- 7. Life at the Edge: Keeping ahead of Precarity and Taming It Too
- 8. An I-Don't-Know Robot and the Future of Uncertainty
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Author