When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People : How Philosophy Can Save Us from Ourselves /

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Why the tools of philosophy offer a powerful antidote to today's epidemic of irrationalityThere is an epidemic of bad thinking in the world today. An alarming number of people are embracing crazy, even dangerous, ideas. They believe that vaccinations cause autism. They reject the scientific con...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Nadler, Steven (Autor), Shapiro, Lawrence (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Temas:
Fallacies (Logic).
Thought and thinking.
PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology.
Abductive reasoning.
Admonition.
Akrasia.
Aphorism.
Apology (Plato).
Baruch Spinoza.
Base rate fallacy.
Base rate.
Causality.
Certainty.
Climate change.
Confirmation bias.
Consideration.
Conspiracy theory.
Copyright.
Cover-up.
Decision-making.
Deductive reasoning.
Deed.
Deliberation.
Discretion.
Disgust.
Disjunctive syllogism.
Embarrassment.
Epistemology.
Ethics.
Eudaimonia.
Euthyphro (prophet).
Euthyphro.
Evidentialism.
Existence of God.
Explanation.
Fallacy.
Feeling.
Good and evil.
Gun control.
Hoax.
Hypothesis.
Idiot.
Inductive reasoning.
Inference.
Instance (computer science).
Irrationality.
Laziness.
Literature.
Logic.
Mathematician.
Meditations on First Philosophy.
Morality.
Nicomachean Ethics.
Objectivity (philosophy).
Observation.
Of Education.
Phenomenon.
Philosopher.
Philosophy of science.
Philosophy.
Phronesis.
Piety.
Plato.
Police officer.
Politician.
Practical reason.
Pre-Socratic philosophy.
Prejudice.
Premise.
Premises.
Principle.
Probability.
Psychologist.
Quantity.
Racism.
Rationality.
Reason.
Reasonable person.
Requirement.
Result.
Science.
Scientific method.
Scientist.
Security guard.
Self-control.
Shame.
Skepticism.
Slippery slope.
Soundness.
State of affairs (sociology).
Stupidity.
Suffering.
Suggestion.
The Philosopher.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Theft.
Theory of justification.
Theory.
Thought.
Truism.
Uncertainty.
Vaccination.
Validity.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Our Epistemological Crisis
  • 1. Thinking, Bad and Good
  • 2. How to Be Reasonable
  • 3. Thinking and Explaining
  • 4. When Bad Thinking Becomes Bad Behavior
  • 5. Wisdom
  • 6. The Philosophical Life
  • Conclusion: Thinking Responsibly
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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