An edition of Counterknowledge (2008)

Counterknowledge

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

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An edition of Counterknowledge (2008)

Counterknowledge

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

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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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Counterknowledge: how we surrendered to conspiracy theories, quack medicine, bogus science and fake history
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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. ).

Classifications

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

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
162

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL16872029M
Internet Archive
counterknowledge00thom
ISBN 13
9780393067699
LCCN
2008021506
OCLC/WorldCat
227016172
Library Thing
4660215
Goodreads
4924061

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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