The Knowledge Illusion

By

Ewa Fabian

24/12/2025

audiobooks, Non-fiction, Professional

Authors: Steven Sloman, Philip Fernbach –

Publisher: Macmillan Digital Audio –

Genre: Cognition, History of Science –

Overall rating: 5/5 –

Writing, content: 5/5 –

Duration: 9:53 h, medium –

Narrator: Mike Chamberlain –

Narrator/performance: 4/5 –

Impressions: n/a –

Performance errors: 0/5 –

Complexity/reading level: 3/5 –

Audience: General

Commentary/review

An excellent book, although performed and written in a laborious manner. Where it lacks in excitement, it makes up for in research selection. I am not sure about the Kruger-Dunning part, but the rest creates a compelling argument. Lawyers appreciate a good argument and this one does too.

I am not sure about the cover. The book is bland in tone and the cover also is. I would perhaps try to rescue the book with a more intriguing cover but the book fared well anyway.

Cover by Malvina Battiston on Unsplash

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