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The believing brain : from ghosts and gods to politics and conspiracies--how we construct beliefs and reinforce them as truths / Michael Shermer.

Shermer, Michael.
2011
BF773 .S54 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
The believing brain : from ghosts and gods to politics and conspiracies--how we construct beliefs and reinforce them as truths / Michael Shermer.
Author
Shermer, Michael.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780805091250
0805091254
Published
New York : Times Books, 2011.
Language
English
Description
xii, 385 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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BF773 .S54 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
153.4
Summary
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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Prologue: I want to believe


pt. 1.: Journeys of belief
1. Mr. D'Arpino's dilemma
2. Dr. Collins's conversion
3. A skeptic's journey


pt. II: The biology of belief
4. Patternicity
5. Agenticity
6. The believing neuron


pt. III: Belief in things unseen
7. Belief in the afterlife
8. Belief in God
9. Belief in aliens
10. Belief in conspiracies


pt. IV: Belief in things seen
11. Politics of belief
12. Confirmations of belief
13. Geographies of belief
14. Cosmologies of belief


Epilogue: The truth is out there.

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