An edition of The misinformation age (2019)

The misinformation age

how false beliefs spread

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An edition of The misinformation age (2019)

The misinformation age

how false beliefs spread

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Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite consequences for the people who hold them? Philosophers of science Cailin O'Connor and James Weatherall argue that social factors, rather than individual psychology, are what's essential to understanding the spread and persistence of false belief. It might seem that there's an obvious reason that true beliefs matter: false beliefs will hurt you. But if that's right, then why is it (apparently) irrelevant to many people whether they believe true things or not? In an age riven by "fake news," "alternative facts," and disputes over the validity of everything from climate change to the size of inauguration crowds, the authors argue that social factors, not individual psychology, are what's essential to understanding the persistence of false belief and that we must know how those social forces work in order to fight misinformation effectively.

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English
Pages
266

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Cover of: Misinformation Age
Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread
2020, Yale University Press
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Cover of: Misinformation Age
Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread
2019, Yale University Press
in English
Cover of: The misinformation age
The misinformation age: how false beliefs spread
2019
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary
What Is truth?
Polarization and conformity
The evangelization of peoples
The social network.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-250) and index.

Copyright Date
2019

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
153.74
Library of Congress
BF323.E7 O23 2019, ZA3075 .O26 2019

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 266 pages :
Number of pages
266

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26694905M
ISBN 10
0300234015
ISBN 13
9780300234015
LCCN
2018940288
OCLC/WorldCat
1029889265

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