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When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People [electronic resource] How Philosophy Can Save Us from Ourselves
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| 서명/저자사항 | When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People [electronic resource] : How Philosophy Can Save Us from Ourselves. |
| 개인저자 | Nadler, Steven. Shapiro, Lawrence, |
| 발행사항 | Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021. |
| 형태사항 | 1 online resource (235 p.). |
| 기타형태 저록 | Print version: Nadler, Steven When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People Princeton : Princeton University Press,c2021 9780691212760 |
| ISBN | 9780691220086 0691220085 |
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Description based upon print version of record.
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| 서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 내용주기 | Cover -- 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 |
| 요약 | "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 consensus on climate change as a "hoax." And they blame the spread of COVID-19 on the 5G network or a Chinese cabal. Worse, bad thinking drives bad acting-it even inspired a mob to storm the U.S. Capitol. In this book, Steven Nadler and Lawrence Shapiro argue that the best antidote for bad thinking and acting is the wisdom, insights, and practical skills of philosophy. When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People provides an engaging tour through the basic principles of logic, argument, evidence, and probability that can make all of us more reasonable and responsible citizens.When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People shows how we can more readily spot and avoid flawed arguments and unreliable information; determine whether evidence supports or contradicts an idea; distinguish between merely believing something and knowing it; and much more. In doing so, the book reveals how epistemology, which addresses the nature of belief and knowledge, and ethics, the study of moral principles that should govern our behavior, can reduce bad thinking and bad action. Moreover, the book shows why philosophy's millennia-old advice about how to lead a good, rational, and examined life is essential for escaping our current predicament.In a world in which irrationality has exploded to deadly effect, When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People is a timely and essential guide for a return to reason"-- |
| 요약 | "In this book the philosophers Steve Nadler and Lawrence Shapiro will explain why bad thinking happens to good people. Why is it, they ask, that so large a segment of public can go so wrong in both how they come to form the opinions they do and how they fail to appreciate the moral consequences of acting on them. Their diagnosis of the current state of affairs in America, at least, is this: a significant proportion of the population is stupid. They intend this not as mere name-calling, but a diagnosis of a problem that we neglect at our peril. By "stupid" they do not mean lacking intelligence, knowledge, education, skill or savvy. Stupidity, as they understand it, is a character flaw deserving of blame. Unlike ignorance or lack of intelligence-and bearing in mind that even very smart people can be stupid-it is generally avoidable. Stupid people do not have to be stupid. But they typically refuse to take the steps that would cure them of their condition. This book is our effort to illuminate the various dimensions of stupidity so that it might be more easily recognized and treated. The philosophical subjects of epistemology, which addresses what knowledge is and how to distinguish knowing something from merely believing it, and ethics, the study of the moral principles that ought to govern our behavior, can help us understand the difficult and perilous situation in which we now find ourselves. As philosophers, Nadler and Shapiro will aim to offer a way forward through the tools of philosophy-its questions, its methods and even its millennia-old history of recommendations for how to lead a good and rational life. As they will show, the most potent antidote to stupidity is the wisdom and insights, as well as the practical skills provided by philosophy and its history"-- |
| 해제 | Provided by publisher. |
| 해제 | Provided by publisher. |
| 일반주제명 | Fallacies (Logic) Thought and thinking. SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General. PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology. Thought and thinking. Fallacies (Logic) |
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