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The misinformation age : how false beliefs spread / / Cailin O'Connor and James Owen Weatherall



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Autore: O'Connor Cailin Visualizza persona
Titolo: The misinformation age : how false beliefs spread / / Cailin O'Connor and James Owen Weatherall Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2019]
©2019
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (279 pages)
Disciplina: 153.74
Soggetto topico: Errors - Social aspects
Errors - Psychological aspects
Cognitive psychology
Classificazione: LC 13000
Persona (resp. second.): WeatherallJames Owen
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: The misinformation age  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-300-24100-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910793278803321
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