Bad beliefs why they happen to good people
Bad beliefs - beliefs that blatantly conflict with easily available evidence - are common. Large minorities of people hold that vaccines are dangerous or accept bizarre conspiracy theories, for instance. The prevalence of bad beliefs may be politically and socially important, for instance blocking e...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press
2022.
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009651340306719 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface: rational social animals go wild
- 1. What should we believe about belief?
- 2. Culturing belief
- 3. How our minds are made up
- 4. Dare to think?
- 5. Epistemic pollution
- 6. Nudging well
- Concluding thoughts: rational animals after all.
