[PDF] Bad Beliefs eBook

Author : Neil Levy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 29,89 MB
Release : 2022-01-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 019289532X

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"Why do people come to reject climate science or the safety and efficacy of vaccines, in defiance of the scientific consensus? A popular view explains bad beliefs like these as resulting from a range of biases that together ensure that human beings fall short of being genuinely rational animals. This book presents an alternative account. It argues that bad beliefs arise from genuinely rational processes. We've missed the rationality of bad beliefs because we've failed to recognize the ubiquity of the higher-order evidence that shapes beliefs, and the rationality of being guided by this evidence. The book argues that attention to higher-order evidence should lead us to rethink both how minds are best changed and the ethics of changing them: we should come to see that nudging - at least usually - changes belief (and behavior) by presenting rational agents with genuine evidence, and is therefore fully respectful of intellectual agency. We needn't rethink Enlightenment ideals of intellectual autonomy and rationality, but we should reshape them to take account of our deeply social epistemic agency"--

Author : Ross Douthat
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 13,51 MB
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 143917833X

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Traces the decline of Christianity in America since the 1950s, posing controversial arguments about the role of heresy in the nation's downfall while calling for a revival of traditional Christian practices.

Author : Neil Levy
Publisher :
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 22,75 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Belief and doubt
ISBN : 9780191916144

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This book challenges the view that bad beliefs - beliefs that blatantly conflict with easily available evidence - can largely be explained by widespread irrationality, instead arguing that ordinary people are rational agents whose beliefs are the result of their rational response to the evidence they're presented with.

Author : Mike McRae
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 37,22 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0702247340

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How do you define science? And whose theories are the right ones? Take a humorous and intriguing journey through the unchartered territory of scientific squabbles with scientist Mike McRae, Australia's next-gen Dr Karl, as he reveals arguments and accusations about who is right and who is wrong in the world of science. Over time, science has come to permeate our everyday existence: advertisements for beauty products use words that sound scientific, movie makers blur the lines between science and science fiction, and people spend billions and risk their health on bogus medical treatments. Without knowing it, we have accepted science as a social practice to explain and understand the world around us. Charting the history of science and our trust and blind faith in 'science', Mike McRae boldly examines the boundaries of what constitutes science and what doesn't. In an engaging and straightforward way, McRae explains how and why science developed and why it works, and gives us tools to interpret the good science from the bad. Intelligent and entertaining, "Tribal Science" reveals a compelling paradox that lies at the very heart of science and our everyday lives.

Author : Samuel Guzman
Publisher : Samuel Guzman
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 34,45 MB
Release : 101-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN :

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Millions of people everyday are depressed, unsatisfied, and feel stuck in a life they never saw for themselves. Unfortunately, although many people realize they are unhappy with their lives, they don't have any idea on how to change it. The reality is, you've been conditioned to attract the things you are currently attracting into your life. Your "paradigm" or belief systems are based on those who you have modeled over the years and dictate your exact success in every area of your life. Have you ever noticed that you seem to be more and more like your parents or environment as you grow older? Ever find yourself in the same type of relationships, or financial situations as others that were a big influence on you? This book will show you how to... · Build your self-confidence · Develop mental toughness · Attack every day with joy and enthusiasm · Use a positive mental attitude to achieve more · Harness the power of positive self-talk · Explore the spiritual side of success · Become the person you were born to be · And much more… Success is when someone is willing to not just dream about becoming great…but take responsibility for making it happen. Success is doing the INNER work that is necessary to move past the hidden “blocks” that keep you from creating your dreams.

Author : Paul Offit
Publisher :
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 45,41 MB
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0465082963

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When Jesus said, “Suffer the children,” faith healing is not what he had in mind

Author : Kevin Garcia
Publisher :
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 28,42 MB
Release : 2020-01-29
Category :
ISBN : 9781656651808

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Bad theology nearly took Kevin's life. They believed that God could never love them because they were queer, leading to a deadly shame that nearly took Kevin's life. Kevin felt trapped by fear. Fear of losing their community, their family, and even their connection to God.That is until Kevin changed their mind, finally hearing the voice of the Spirit calling them to believe something better.Through personal experience, classical theological devices, and a fair bit of profanity, Kevin dives into some of the most common toxic belief patterns that are killing our communities, showing you how to undo them, and how to create new, better theology to lead you back to your spiritual authority.Bad Theology Kills is the first step on leaving behind a religion filled with fear and blossoming into a life and spirituality grounded in Love....Like many Evangelical Christians, Kevin grew up believing that being gay was a sin punishable by hell and social ex-communication. After 12 years of ex-gay therapy resulting in two suicide attempts, Kevin realized that God never would ask them to give up who they were, but rather God invited Kevin deeper into the heart of Love, deeper into who they always were meant to be. They realized that Love doesn't have to hurt, and that God was much bigger than anticipated.Through personal stories, fresh takes on old Bible stories, and employing trusted theological devices, Bad Theology Kills shows us not only can we craft new theologies that can redeem our faith, but we can save lives. Bad theology is killing all of us. And a better way is possible.

Author : Rik Peels
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 37,80 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0190608110

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This book develops and defends a theory of responsible belief. The author argues that we lack control over our beliefs, but that we can nonetheless influence them. It is because we have intellectual obligations to influence our beliefs that we are responsible for them.

Author : Harold S. Kushner
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 19,47 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0805241930

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Offers an inspirational and compassionate approach to understanding the problems of life, and argues that we should continue to believe in God's fairness.

Author : Stephen T. Asma
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 25,96 MB
Release : 2018-05-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0190469692

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How we feel is as vital to our survival as how we think. This claim, based on the premise that emotions are largely adaptive, serves as the organizing theme of Why We Need Religion. This book is a novel pathway in a well-trodden field of religious studies and philosophy of religion. Stephen Asma argues that, like art, religion has direct access to our emotional lives in ways that science does not. Yes, science can give us emotional feelings of wonder and the sublime--we can feel the sacred depths of nature--but there are many forms of human suffering and vulnerability that are beyond the reach of help from science. Different emotional stresses require different kinds of rescue. Unlike secular authors who praise religion's ethical and civilizing function, Asma argues that its core value lies in its emotionally therapeutic power. No theorist of religion has failed to notice the importance of emotions in spiritual and ritual life, but truly systematic research has only recently delivered concrete data on the neurology, psychology, and anthropology of the emotional systems. This very recent "affective turn" has begun to map out a powerful territory of embodied cognition. Why We Need Religion incorporates new data from these affective sciences into the philosophy of religion. It goes on to describe the way in which religion manages those systems--rage, play, lust, care, grief, and so on. Finally, it argues that religion is still the best cultural apparatus for doing this adaptive work. In short, the book is a Darwinian defense of religious emotions and the cultural systems that manage them.