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2010030706 |
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9780805091250 |
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0805091254 |
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BF773 |
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.S54 2011 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Shermer, Michael |
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| Title |
The believing brain : |
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from ghosts and gods to politics and conspiracies--how we construct beliefs and reinforce them as truths / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Michael Shermer |
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1st ed |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
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Times Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2011 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xii, 385 p. : |
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ill. ; |
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25 cm |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| 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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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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Belief and doubt |
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Knowledge, Theory of |
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Cognitive neuroscience |
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