Author: Martin Paul Schipper
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781556555602
Category : Plantation life
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
The Misinformation Age
Author: Cailin O'Connor
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300241003
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
“Empowering and thoroughly researched, this book offers useful contemporary analysis and possible solutions to one of the greatest threats to democracy.” —Kirkus Reviews Editors’ choice, The New York Times Book Review Recommended reading, Scientific American Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite bad, even fatal, 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 beliefs. 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? The Misinformation Age, written for a political era riven by “fake news,” “alternative facts,” and disputes over the validity of everything from climate change to the size of inauguration crowds, shows convincingly that what you believe depends on who you know. If social forces explain the persistence of false belief, we must understand how those forces work in order to fight misinformation effectively. “[The authors] deftly apply sociological models to examine how misinformation spreads among people and how scientific results get misrepresented in the public sphere.” —Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American “A notable new volume . . . The Misinformation Age explains systematically how facts are determined and changed—whether it is concerning the effects of vaccination on children or the Russian attack on the integrity of the electoral process.” —Roger I. Abrams, New York Journal of Books
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300241003
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
“Empowering and thoroughly researched, this book offers useful contemporary analysis and possible solutions to one of the greatest threats to democracy.” —Kirkus Reviews Editors’ choice, The New York Times Book Review Recommended reading, Scientific American Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite bad, even fatal, 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 beliefs. 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? The Misinformation Age, written for a political era riven by “fake news,” “alternative facts,” and disputes over the validity of everything from climate change to the size of inauguration crowds, shows convincingly that what you believe depends on who you know. If social forces explain the persistence of false belief, we must understand how those forces work in order to fight misinformation effectively. “[The authors] deftly apply sociological models to examine how misinformation spreads among people and how scientific results get misrepresented in the public sphere.” —Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American “A notable new volume . . . The Misinformation Age explains systematically how facts are determined and changed—whether it is concerning the effects of vaccination on children or the Russian attack on the integrity of the electoral process.” —Roger I. Abrams, New York Journal of Books
Geology of the National Capital Region
Author: Scott Southworth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
U.S. Geological Survey Circular
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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From the Blue Ridge to the Beach
Author: Christopher M. Bailey
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813700477
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Seven chapters explore the diverse geology of Virginia, from its Appalachian highlands to the Atlantic shore.
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813700477
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Seven chapters explore the diverse geology of Virginia, from its Appalachian highlands to the Atlantic shore.
Bulletin
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1178
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1178
Book Description
Biennial Report on the Mineral Production of Virginia During the Calendar Years 1911 and 1912
Author: Stephen Taber
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Bulletins of American Paleontology
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foraminifera, Fossil
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foraminifera, Fossil
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Typical Family-operated Farms, 1930-45
Author: Wylie Daniel Goodsell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Family farms
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Family farms
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Potential Supply and Replacement of Rural Males of Labor Force Age, 1960-70
Author: Gladys Kleinwort Bowles
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural laborers
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural laborers
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Storm Data
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Storms
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Storms
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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