On Being Certain

Lots of good stuff here–the science behind how it is that we feel certain about some ideas is interesting, and helps me understand not only my own brain better, but also how to have some compassion for folks who believe wildly different things than I do.

The first two-thirds of the book are pretty stellar; the last third, which attempts to use the preceding ideas on some traditional problems of philosophy (mind/body dualism, free will and the like) wasn't as enjoyable for me. I think the ideas apply much more easily to some day-to-day issues regarding people with different world-views than they do to some very complex philosophical problems that Burton kind of oversimplifies.