Philip D. Hansten - Philosophy of Thinking
Philip Hansten is Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington in
Seattle. His books on drug interactions have sold more than a million copies
and have been translated into six languages. He is also the author of
Premature
Factulation: The Ignorance of Certainty and the Ghost of Montaigne (2009). Drawing on the 16th century French essayist Michel de Montaigne
and other thinkers, Hansten's book explores the origins and manifestations of
'premature factulation' - the process of coming to conclusions without adequate
study. Why do we humans vastly overestimate our understanding of the
world? What human traits incline us to ignorant certainty? Why do leaders in
government, business, economics, and even science so often lead us down the
wrong paths? And what can we do to change?
