Preface | p. ix |
The Feeling of Knowing | p. 1 |
How Do We Know What We Know? | p. 7 |
Conviction Isn't a Choice | p. 21 |
The Classification of Mental States | p. 35 |
Neural Networks | p. 41 |
Modularity and Emergence | p. 55 |
When Does a Thought Begin? | p. 66 |
Perceptual Thoughts: A Further Clarification | p. 81 |
The Pleasure of Your Thoughts | p. 86 |
Genes and Thought | p. 102 |
Sensational Thoughts | p. 124 |
The Twin Pillars of Certainty: Reason and Objectivity | p. 140 |
Faith | p. 177 |
Mind Speculations | p. 198 |
Final Thoughts | p. 216 |
Notes | p. 225 |
Acknowledgments | p. 243 |
Index | p. 245 |
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