How Long to Read Knowing Our Limits

How Long Does it Take to Read Knowing Our Limits?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read Knowing Our Limits by Nathan Ballantyne

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Changing our minds isn't easy. Even when we recognize our views are disputed by intelligent and informed people, we rarely doubt our rightness. Why is this so? How can we become more open-minded, putting ourselves in a better position to tolerate conflict, advance collective inquiry, and learn from differing perspectives in a complex world? Nathan Ballantyne defends the indispensable role of epistemology in tackling these issues. For early modern philosophers, the point of reflecting on inquiry was to understand how our beliefs are often distorted by prejudice and self-interest, and to improve the foundations of human knowledge. Ballantyne seeks to recover and modernize this classical tradition by vigorously defending an interdisciplinary approach to epistemology, blending philosophical theorizing with insights from the social and cognitive sciences. Many of us need tools to help us think more circumspectly about our controversial views. Ballantyne develops a method for distinguishing between our reasonable and unreasonable opinions, in light of evidence about bias, information overload, and rival experts. This method guides us to greater intellectual openness--in the spirit of skeptics from Socrates to Montaigne to Bertrand Russell--making us more inclined to admit that sometimes we don't have the right answers. With vibrant prose and fascinating examples from science and history, Ballantyne shows how epistemology can help us know our limits.

How long is Knowing Our Limits?

Knowing Our Limits by Nathan Ballantyne is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Knowing Our Limits Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read Knowing Our Limits aloud.

What Reading Level is Knowing Our Limits?

Knowing Our Limits is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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