Bibliograph

Mental immunity, infectious ideas, mind parasites, and the search for a better way to think, Andy Norman ; with a foreword by Steven Pinker

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Mental immunity, infectious ideas, mind parasites, and the search for a better way to think, Andy Norman ; with a foreword by Steven Pinker

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mental immunity

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1238056770

Responsibility statement

Andy Norman ; with a foreword by Steven Pinker

Sub title

infectious ideas, mind parasites, and the search for a better way to think

Summary

"Philosopher Andy Norman dives into the world of mind-parasites, ideas that cause destructive thinking and extremism, and describes how to inoculate your mind to keep it safe from bad ideas"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Foreword / by Steven Pinker -- Introduction: Tree of life, seeds of death -- Beyond critical thinking : why existing approaches are failing us -- The cognitive immunology toolbox : naming the problem -- The widening gyre : why mental immune systems collapse -- Six immune-disruptive ideas : ... and their antidotes -- Fighting monsters : ... without becoming one yourself -- The ethics of faith : what is responsible belief? -- Thought police need not apply : how (not) to regulate belief -- Reason's fulcrum : the peculiar magic of reasons -- Reason unhinged : how thinking becomes ideological -- Mind upgrade : can we update the brain's operating system? -- Seductive misconceptions : how rationalism lost its way -- The mind vaccine : rethinking reason's requirements -- Conclusion. Propagating enlightenment : how to bend the arc of history

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