TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nadler,Steven
AU  - Shapiro,Lawrence
TI  - When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People: How Philosophy Can Save Us from Ourselves 
SN  - 9780691220086
AV  - B105.T54 N33 2021
U1  - 121 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - Fallacies (Logic)
KW  - Thought and thinking
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Abductive reasoning
KW  - Admonition
KW  - Akrasia
KW  - Aphorism
KW  - Apology (Plato)
KW  - Baruch Spinoza
KW  - Base rate fallacy
KW  - Base rate
KW  - Causality
KW  - Certainty
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Confirmation bias
KW  - Consideration
KW  - Conspiracy theory
KW  - Copyright
KW  - Cover-up
KW  - Decision-making
KW  - Deductive reasoning
KW  - Deed
KW  - Deliberation
KW  - Discretion
KW  - Disgust
KW  - Disjunctive syllogism
KW  - Embarrassment
KW  - Epistemology
KW  - Ethics
KW  - Eudaimonia
KW  - Euthyphro (prophet)
KW  - Euthyphro
KW  - Evidentialism
KW  - Existence of God
KW  - Explanation
KW  - Fallacy
KW  - Feeling
KW  - Good and evil
KW  - Gun control
KW  - Hoax
KW  - Hypothesis
KW  - Idiot
KW  - Inductive reasoning
KW  - Inference
KW  - Instance (computer science)
KW  - Irrationality
KW  - Laziness
KW  - Literature
KW  - Logic
KW  - Mathematician
KW  - Meditations on First Philosophy
KW  - Morality
KW  - Nicomachean Ethics
KW  - Objectivity (philosophy)
KW  - Observation
KW  - Of Education
KW  - Phenomenon
KW  - Philosopher
KW  - Philosophy of science
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Phronesis
KW  - Piety
KW  - Plato
KW  - Police officer
KW  - Politician
KW  - Practical reason
KW  - Pre-Socratic philosophy
KW  - Prejudice
KW  - Premise
KW  - Premises
KW  - Principle
KW  - Probability
KW  - Psychologist
KW  - Quantity
KW  - Racism
KW  - Rationality
KW  - Reason
KW  - Reasonable person
KW  - Requirement
KW  - Result
KW  - Science
KW  - Scientific method
KW  - Scientist
KW  - Security guard
KW  - Self-control
KW  - Shame
KW  - Skepticism
KW  - Slippery slope
KW  - Soundness
KW  - State of affairs (sociology)
KW  - Stupidity
KW  - Suffering
KW  - Suggestion
KW  - The Philosopher
KW  - The unexamined life is not worth living
KW  - Theft
KW  - Theory of justification
KW  - Theory
KW  - Thought
KW  - Truism
KW  - Uncertainty
KW  - Vaccination
KW  - Validity
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction: Our Epistemological Crisis --; 1. Thinking, Bad and Good --; 2. How to Be Reasonable --; 3. Thinking and Explaining --; 4. When Bad Thinking Becomes Bad Behavior --; 5. Wisdom --; 6. The Philosophical Life --; Conclusion: Thinking Responsibly --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Why the tools of philosophy offer a powerful antidote to today’s epidemic of irrationalityThere 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. Capitol. In this book, Steven Nadler and Lawrence Shapiro argue that the best antidote for bad thinking and acting is the wisdom, insights, and practical skills of philosophy. When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People provides an engaging tour through the basic principles of logic, argument, evidence, and probability that can make all of us more reasonable and responsible citizens.When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People shows how we can more readily spot and avoid flawed arguments and unreliable information; determine whether evidence supports or contradicts an idea; distinguish between merely believing something and knowing it; and much more. In doing so, the book reveals how epistemology, which addresses the nature of belief and knowledge, and ethics, the study of moral principles that should govern our behavior, can reduce bad thinking and bad action. Moreover, the book shows why philosophy’s millennia-old advice about how to lead a good, rational, and examined life is essential for escaping our current predicament.In a world in which irrationality has exploded to deadly effect, When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People is a timely and essential guide for a return to reason
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691220086?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691220086
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780691220086/original
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