James Owen Weatherall
Author
Formats
Description
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....
Search Tools Get RSS Feed Email this Search