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Alternative title: What Makes You So Sure You’re Not Wrong?
Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 Stop Being Reasonable
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'What if you’re not who you think you are?
What if you don’t really know the people closest to you?
And what if your most deeply-held beliefs turn out to be … wrong?

'In Stop Being Reasonable, philosopher Eleanor Gordon-Smith tells gripping true stories that show the limits of human reason. Susie realises her husband harbours a terrible secret, Dylan leaves the cult he’s been raised in since birth and, after impersonating someone else for a month on reality TV, Alex discovers he can no longer return to his former identity. All of them radically alter their beliefs about the things that matter most.

'What makes them change course? What does this say about our own beliefs? And, in an increasingly divided world, what does it teach us about how we might change the minds of others?

'Inspiring, perceptive and full of moving stories, Stop Being Reasonable is an illuminating exploration of the place where philosophy and real life meet.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Kensington, Randwick area, Sydney Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: NewSouth Publishing , 2019 .
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      Extent: 224 p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published May 2019.

      ISBN: 9781742235875 (pbk), 9781742244389 (ebook), 9781742248905 (ebook)

Works about this Work

Stop Being Reasonable by Eleanor Gordon-Smith Erich Mayer , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , October 2019;

— Review of Stop Being Reasonable Eleanor Gordon-Smith , 2019 selected work biography

'Eleanor Gordon-Smith is a philosopher with the ability to convey complex ideas with exceptional lucidity.'

Books Roundup Stop Being Reasonable, Room for a Stranger Ellen Cregan , Vanessa Giron , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , April 2019;
Stop Being Reasonable by Eleanor Gordon-Smith Erich Mayer , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , October 2019;

— Review of Stop Being Reasonable Eleanor Gordon-Smith , 2019 selected work biography

'Eleanor Gordon-Smith is a philosopher with the ability to convey complex ideas with exceptional lucidity.'

Books Roundup Stop Being Reasonable, Room for a Stranger Ellen Cregan , Vanessa Giron , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , April 2019;

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