The believing brain
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Shermer demonstrates how our brains selectively assess data in an attempt to confirm the conclusions (beliefs) we've already reached. Drawing on evolution, cognitive science, and neuroscience, he considers not only supernatural beliefs but political and economic ones as well.
Theory of KnowledgeBelief and doubtCognitive neuroscienceCognitive stylesReligionspsychologieGlaubeKnowledge, theory of