000326360 000__ 01446cam\a22003134a\4500 000326360 001__ 326360 000326360 005__ 20210513120853.0 000326360 008__ 080519s2008\\\\nyu\\\\\\b\\\\000\0\eng\\ 000326360 010__ $$a 2008021506 000326360 020__ $$a9780393067699 000326360 020__ $$a0393067696 000326360 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn227016172 000326360 035__ $$a326360 000326360 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dBTCTA$$dBAKER$$dYDXCP$$dOCLCG$$dC#P$$dBWX$$dCDX$$dIXA$$dUPZ 000326360 049__ $$aISEA 000326360 05000 $$aBF773$$b.T46 2008 000326360 08200 $$a001.9/6$$222 000326360 1001_ $$aThompson, Damian,$$d1962- 000326360 24510 $$aCounterknowledge :$$bhow we surrendered to conspiracy theories, quack medicine, bogus science and fake history /$$cDamian Thompson. 000326360 250__ $$a1st American ed. 000326360 260__ $$aNew York :$$bW.W. Norton,$$c2008. 000326360 300__ $$a162 p. ;$$c21 cm. 000326360 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 141-162). 000326360 5050_ $$aKnowledge and counterknowledge -- Creationism and counterknowledge -- The return of pseudohistory -- Desperate remedies -- The counterknowledge industry -- Living with counterknowledge. 000326360 520__ $$aFrom conspiracy theories to alternative medicine, people are experiencing an epidemic of untrue descriptions of the world. Following in the footsteps of Richard Dawkins's "The God Delusion" and Sam Harris's "The End of Faith," this work is a defense of scientific proof in an age of fabrication. 000326360 650_0 $$aBelief and doubt. 000326360 650_0 $$aCredulity. 000326360 650_0 $$aCommon fallacies. 000326360 650_0 $$aReligion and science. 000326360 85200 $$bgen$$hBF773$$i.T46$$i2008 000326360 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:326360$$pGLOBAL_SET 000326360 980__ $$aBIB 000326360 980__ $$aBOOK