When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People
How Philosophy Can Save Us from Ourselves
$44.99
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2021
Summary
Why the tools of philosophy offer a powerful antidote to today’s epidemic of irrationality
There is an epidemic of bad thinking in the world today. An alarming number of people are embracing crazy, even dangerous ideas. They believe that vaccinations cause autism. They reject the scientific consensus on climate change as a “hoax.” And they blame the spread of COVID-19 on the 5G network or a Chinese cabal. Worse, bad thinking drives bad acting—it even inspired a mob to storm the U.S.…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691212760 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691212767 |
| Author: | Lawrence Shapiro, Steven Nadler |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2021 |
| Weight: | 364g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
Critics Review
“Nadler and Shapiro do an excellent job of showing off philosophy’s tools for better reasoning. For anyone not already skilled in using those tools, their book is a clear and readable primer… . [A] heartfelt and lucid advocacy of a more reasoned approach to life.”—Julian Baggini, Wall Street Journal
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Approaching the topic from a logical and argument-based position, [Nadler and Shapiro] show how to avoid flawed arguments and unreliable information… . Clearly written and well organized, this is a valuable examination of why bad thinking occurs and what people can do to make themselves better thinkers.
” * Choice *Lawrence Shapiro
Steven Nadler is Vilas Research Professor and the William H. Hay II Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His books include Think Least of Death: Spinoza on How to Live and How to Die (Princeton).
Lawrence Shapiro is the Berent Enç Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His books include The Miracle Myth: Why Belief in the Resurrection and the Supernatural Is Unjustified.
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