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UNINA9910811720103321 |
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O'Connor Cailin |
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The misinformation age : how false beliefs spread / / Cailin O'Connor and James Owen Weatherall |
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New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2019] |
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©2019 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (279 pages) |
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Errors - Social aspects |
Errors - Psychological aspects |
Cognitive psychology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note to Reader -- Introduction. The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary -- ONE. What Is Truth? -- TWO. Polarization and Conformity -- THREE. The Evangelization of Peoples -- FOUR. The Social Network -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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The social dynamics of "alternative facts": why what you believe depends on who you know 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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UNINA9910741177403321 |
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Autore |
Pismen Len |
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Morphogenesis Deconstructed : An Integrated View of the Generation of Forms / / by Len Pismen |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
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[1st ed. 2020.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (150 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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The Frontiers Collection, , 2197-6619 |
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Nonlinear Optics |
Developmental biology |
Plants - Development |
Dynamics |
Nonlinear theories |
Developmental psychology |
Evolution (Biology) |
Developmental Biology and Stem Cells |
Plant Development |
Applied Dynamical Systems |
Developmental Psychology |
Evolutionary Biology |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Morphogenetic Universe -- Aggregation -- Broken Symmetry -- Life Evolves -- Cells in Motion -- Cells United -- Communication -- Biomorphic Technologies. |
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This book is about morphogenesis as the genesis of forms. It is not restricted to plants growing from seed or animals developing from an embryo (although these do supply the most abundant examples) but also addresses kindred processes, from inorganic to social to biomorphic technology. It is about our morphogenetic universe: unplanned, unfair and frustratingly complicated but benevolent in allowing us to emerge, survive, and inquire into its laws. |
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