An edition of The believing brain (2011)

The believing brain

from ghosts, gods, and aliens to conspiracies, economics, & politics : how the brain constructs beliefs & reinforces them as truths

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An edition of The believing brain (2011)

The believing brain

from ghosts, gods, and aliens to conspiracies, economics, & politics : how the brain constructs beliefs & reinforces them as truths

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Shermer demonstrates how our brains selectively assess data in an attempt to confirm the conclusions (beliefs) we've already reached. Drawing on evolution, cognitive science, and neuroscience, he considers not only supernatural beliefs but political and economic ones as well.

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Times Books
Language
English
Pages
385

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Subjects

Theory of Knowledge, Belief and doubt, Cognitive neuroscience, Cognitive styles, Religionspsychologie, Glaube, Knowledge, theory of
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The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies---How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
Aug 07, 2012, St. Martin's Griffin
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The believing brain: from ghosts, gods, and aliens to conspiracies, economics, & politics : how the brain constructs beliefs & reinforces them as truths
2011, Times Books
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Table of Contents

Mr. D'Arpino's dilemma
Dr. Collins's conversion
A skeptic's journey
Patternicity
Agenticity
The believing neuron
Belief in the afterlife
Belief in god
Belief in aliens
Belief in conspiracies
Politics of belief
Confirmations of belief
Geographies of belief
Cosmologies of belief
Epilogue: the truth is out there.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
153.4
Library of Congress
BF773 .S54 2011, BF773.S54 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
385

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL24423965M
ISBN 13
9780805091250
LCCN
2010030706
OCLC/WorldCat
650019996

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Work ID
OL15456879W

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