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On Being Certain

On Being Certain

by Robert Burton

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appears in Psychology, Psychology, and Science.

You recognize when you know something for certain, right You "know" the sky is blue, or that the traffic light had turned green, or where you were on the morning of September 11, 2001you know these things, well, because you just do.In On Being Certain, neurologist Robert Burton shows that feeling certainfeeling that we know something is a m...

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appears in Psychology, Psychology, and Science.

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