An edition of Counterknowledge (2008)

Counterknowledge

how we surrendered to conspiracy theories, quack medicine, bogus science, and fake history

1st American ed.

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An edition of Counterknowledge (2008)

Counterknowledge

how we surrendered to conspiracy theories, quack medicine, bogus science, and fake history

1st American ed.

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From conspiracy theories to alternative medicine, people are experiencing an epidemic of untrue descriptions of the world. Following in the footsteps of Richard Dawkins's "The God Delusion" and Sam Harris's "The End of Faith," this work is a defense of scientific proof in an age of fabrication.

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Norton, W.W. Norton
Language
English
Pages
162

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Subjects

Religion and science, Belief and doubt, Common fallacies, Credulity, Culture, Authenticity (Philosophy), Deception, History, Modern History, Errors, inventions, Popular culture
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Cover of: Counterknowledge
Counterknowledge: how we surrendered to conspiracy theories, quack medicine, bogus science and fake history
2008, Atlantic
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Cover of: Counterknowledge
Counterknowledge: how we surrendered to conspiracy theories, quack medicine, bogus science, and fake history
2008, Norton, W.W. Norton
in English - 1st American ed.

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Table of Contents

Knowledge and counterknowledge
Creationism and counterknowledge
The return of pseudohistory
Desperate remedies
The counterknowledge industry
Living with counterknowledge.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. ).

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New York

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Dewey Decimal Class
001.9/6
Library of Congress
BF773 .T46 2008, BF773.T46 2008

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
162

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OL16872029M
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ISBN 13
9780393067699
LCCN
2008021506
OCLC/WorldCat
227016172
LibraryThing
4660215
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4924061

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OL2679973W

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Work Description

From 9/11 conspiracy theories to Holocaust denial, creationism to alternative medicine, these demonstrably untrue descriptions of the world are forms of 'counterknowledge'. Here, the author demonstrates, the counterknowledge industry has the potential to create new political, social and economic disasters.

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