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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

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