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Mental immunity : infectious ideas, mind parasites, and the search for a better way to think / Andy Norman ; with a foreword by Steven Pinker.
Record details
- ISBN: 0063002981
- ISBN: 9780063002982
- ISBN: 9780063002982
- ISBN: 0063002981
- ISBN: 9780063138896
- ISBN: 0063138891
- Physical Description: 416 p. ; 23 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : HarperWave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword / by Steven Pinker -- Introduction: Tree of life, seeds of death -- Beyond critical thinking : why existing approaches are failing us -- The cognitive immunology toolbox : naming the problem -- The widening gyre : why mental immune systems collapse -- Six immune-disruptive ideas : ... and their antidotes -- Fighting monsters : ... without becoming one yourself -- The ethics of faith : what is responsible belief? -- Thought police need not apply : how (not) to regulate belief -- Reason's fulcrum : the peculiar magic of reasons -- Reason unhinged : how thinking becomes ideological -- Mind upgrade : can we update the brain's operating system? -- Seductive misconceptions : how rationalism lost its way -- The mind vaccine : rethinking reason's requirements -- Conclusion. Propagating enlightenment : how to bend the arc of history. |
| Summary, etc.: | "Philosopher Andy Norman dives into the world of mind-parasites, ideas that cause destructive thinking and extremism, and describes how to inoculate your mind to keep it safe from bad ideas"-- Provided by publisher. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Ideology > Psychological aspects. Social psychology. Reason. |
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- 6 of 6 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Morris Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Morris Public Library | 302 NOR (Text) | 33460145780158 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
