The Uses of Delusion: Why It's Not Always Rational to Be Rational

by Stuart Vyse and Stuart A. Vyse

Book Overview

A fascinating examination of delusional thinking and how it might benefit health, relationships, and wellbeing.

Although reason and rationality are our friends in almost all contexts, in some cases people are better off putting reason aside. In a number of very important situations, we benefit by not seeing the world as it is, and by not behaving like logic-driven machines. Sometimes we know we aren't making sense, and yet...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190079851
• ISBN13: 9780190079857
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"