How long does it take to read The Knowledge Illusion?
Steven A. Sloman
The Knowledge Illusion by Steven A. Sloman takes about 5 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2017. 296 pages, about 81,400 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 3 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Two cognitive scientists explain how the human brain relies on the communal nature of intelligence and knowledge, constantly gathering information and expertise stored outside our mind and bodies, to overcome its shortcomings of being error prone, irrational and often ignorant,"--NoveList.
Subjects: Sociology of Knowledge, Thought and thinking, Cognitive psychology, Knowledge, theory of, Knowledge, sociology of