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1 online resource (163 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Attitudes Toward Truth: Willful Ignorance and the LastGlimpse of Shoreline; The Problem of Willful Ignorance; The Human Relationship to Truth; Notes; 2. The Value of Truth: Should My Genes Care WhetherI Can Justify My Belief That a Tiger is Coming Toward Me?; Evolutionary Psychology; Mercier and Sperber's Hypothesis; Criticisms of the Argumentative Theory of Reason; The Role of Groups in Scientific Reasoning; Notes |
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3. The Roots of Human Irrationality: Behavioral Economics, Self-Deception, and Lawn Chair LarryBehavioral Economics; Manipulating Belief; The Problem of Self-Deception; Conspiracies, Rumors, and Other Barriers to Truth; Conclusion; Notes; 4. The Assault on Truth and the Triumph of Ideology:The Flying Spaghetti Monster, Climate Change, and the"Myth" of Race; Religious Ideology; Creationism in a Cheap Tuxedo; Political Ideology; Climate Change; Is Race a Myth?; Conclusion; Notes; 5. Sources of (Mis)information: Why the Media WorshipObjectivity but the Ivory Tower Rejects Truth |
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Lobbying for TruthMedia Bias; The Ivory Tower; Conclusion; Notes; 6. Sources of Hope: The Wisdom of Crowds, Group Benefits, and Why Wikipedia is More Reliable than You Think; The Best Disinfectant; Science; Philosophy and Logic; The Internet, Wikipedia, and Social Media; Conclusion; Notes; 7. A More Reasonable World: Better Living Through Empirical Social Science; Science and Public Policy; Better Social Science; Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Throughout history, humans have always indulged in certain irrationalities and held some fairly wrong-headed beliefs. But in his newest book, philosopher Lee McIntyre shows how we've now reached a watershed moment for ignorance in the modern era, due to the volume of misinformation, the speed with which it can be digitally disseminated, and the savvy exploitation of our cognitive weaknesses by those who wish to advance their ideological agendas. In Respecting Truth: Willful Ignorance in the Internet Age, McIntyre issues a call to fight back against this slide into the witless abyss. In the tra |
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Print version record |
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Irrationalism
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Truthfulness and falsehood -- Philosophy
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Self-deception -- Philosophy
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Mass media -- Objectivity.
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Internet -- Psychological aspects
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Internet -- Psychological aspects
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Mass media -- Objectivity
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Self-deception -- Philosophy
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317497189 |
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131749718X |
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