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050	0	0	_aBF773 _b.S54 2011
100	1		_aShermer, Michael
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, _c2011
300			_axii, 385 p. : _bill. ; _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
520			_aShermer 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
650		0	_aBelief and doubt
650		0	_aKnowledge, Theory of
650		0	_aCognitive neuroscience
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