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The believing brain : from ghosts and gods to politics and conspiracies--how we construct beliefs and reinforce them as truths / Michael Shermer.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780805091250 (hc) :
- Physical Description: xii, 385 p. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Times Books, c2011.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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| Subject: | Belief and doubt. Cognitive neuroscience. Knowledge, Theory of. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Stroud Branch | 153.4 She | 31681002249118 | NONFIC | Available | - |
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| 245 | 1 | 4. | ‡aThe believing brain : ‡bfrom ghosts and gods to politics and conspiracies--how we construct beliefs and reinforce them as truths / ‡cMichael Shermer. |
| 250 | . | ‡a1st ed. | |
| 260 | . | ‡aNew York : ‡bTimes Books, ‡cc2011. | |
| 300 | . | ‡axii, 385 p. ; ‡c25 cm. | |
| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | |
| 505 | 0 | . | ‡aMr. 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. | ‡aBelief and doubt. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aCognitive neuroscience. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aKnowledge, Theory of. | |
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