The believing brain
from ghosts and gods to politics and conspiracies--how we construct beliefs and reinforce them as truths
The believing brain
from ghosts and gods to politics and conspiracies--how we construct beliefs and reinforce them as truths
Book - 2011
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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| Formato: | Libro |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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New York :
Times Books,
2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Times Books, |c 2011. | ||
| 300 | |a xii, 385 p. : |b ill. ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Belief and doubt. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Knowledge, Theory of. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Cognitive neuroscience. | |
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