The
believing brain
from ghosts and gods to politics and conspiracies--how we construct beliefs and reinforce them as truths
Shermer, Michael
creator
text
bibliography
nyu
New York
Times Books
2011
1st ed
monographic
eng
xii, 385 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
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
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
Michael Shermer
Includes bibliographical references and index
Belief and doubt
Knowledge, Theory of
Cognitive neuroscience
BF773 .S54 2011
9780805091250
0805091254
2010030706
110610
20190501175207.0
650019996