The believing brain
Subtitle: from ghosts and gods to politics and conspiracies--how we construct beliefs and reinforce them as truths
By: by Michael Shermer
Publisher: Times Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780805091250
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mr. D'Arpino's dilemma; title: Dr. Collins's conversion; title: A skeptic's journey; title: Patternicity; title: Agenticity; title: The believing neuron; title: Belief in the afterlife; title: Belief in god; title: Belief in aliens; title: Belief in conspiracies; title: Politics of belief; title: Confirmations of belief; title: Geographies of belief; title: Cosmologies of belief; title: Epilogue: the truth is out there.