George Deane

PhD Student in Philosophy, The University of Edinburgh

George Deane is a PhD student in the School of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, where he is working on Andy Clark’s European Research Council-funded project ‘Expecting Ourselves’.

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Written by George Deane

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essayPhilosophy of mind

The value of uncertainty

In fiction, it grips us. In life, it can unravel us. How can brains hooked on certainty put its opposite to good use?

Mark Miller, Kathryn Nave, George Deane & Andy Clark