The believing brain : from ghosts and gods to politics and conspiracies--how we construct beliefs and reinforce them as truths
Book |
First edition |
Times Books,
New York :
c2011.
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About
Details
- ISBN: 9780805091250 (hc) :
- Physical Description: xii, 385 pages ; 25 cm.print
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Times Books, c2011.
- 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.