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The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies: How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths

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Author
Michael Shermer
Cover artist
Mark Abrams
Subtitle
From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies
Extended subtitle
How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
Language
English
Original language
English
Publisher
Times Books
Categories
Psychology and science
Publication year
2011
Identifiers
  • ISBN-10: 0-8050-9125-4
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-9125-0
  • Open Library edition: OL24423965M (Open Library)
  • Open Library work: OL15456879W (Open Library)
Pages
385
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Table of contents

  • Prologue: I Want to Believe

Part I: Journeys of Belief

  • 1. Mr. D'Arpino's Dilemma
  • 2. Dr. Collins's Conversion
  • 3. A Skeptic's Journey

Part II: The Biology of Belief

  • 4. Patternicity
  • 5. Agenticity
  • 6. The Believing Neuron

Part III: Belief in Things Unseen

  • 7. Belief in the Afterlife
  • 8. Belief in God
  • 9. Belief in Aliens
  • 10. Belief in Conspiracies

Part 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
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index