title: Trust: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
author: Katherine Hawley
description: <br /><strong>Katherine Hawley</strong> is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews and Head of the School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies. She is the author of <em>How Things Persist</em> (OUP, 2001) and co-editor of <em>Philosophy of Science Today</em> (with Peter Clark, OUP, 2003).<br />
zlib_text: 
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Title Page](xhtml/title.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Copyright Notice](xhtml/copyrightnotice.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Introduction](xhtml/introduction.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Prologue](xhtml/prologue.xhtml)
  
  
  * [What Is Trust?](xhtml/chapter1.xhtml#ch1)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [First, Trust in Yourself](xhtml/chapter1.xhtml#h1-1)
  
  
  * [Doubt Is Your Friend](xhtml/chapter1.xhtml#h1-2)
  
  
  * [Faith Is Given, Trust Is a Growth](xhtml/chapter1.xhtml#h1-3)
  
  
  * [Trust Cannot Be Cultivated](xhtml/chapter1.xhtml#h1-4)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Worthy and Unworthy](xhtml/chapter2.xhtml#ch2)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Blessed Are the Fools](xhtml/chapter2.xhtml#h2-1)
  
  
  * [A Quality, Not a Relationship](xhtml/chapter2.xhtml#h2-2)
  
  
  * [Beware of Knowledge](xhtml/chapter2.xhtml#h2-3)
  
  
  * [To Live Without Belief Is a Great Daring](xhtml/chapter2.xhtml#h2-4)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Insecure and Uninsured](xhtml/chapter3.xhtml#ch3)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [There's a Fire in the Kitchen!](xhtml/chapter3.xhtml#h3-1)
  
  
  * [Security Is the Greatest Illusion](xhtml/chapter3.xhtml#h3-2)
  
  
  * [Learn the Art 