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Mental immunity : infectious ideas, mind-parasites, and the search for a better way to think / Andy Norman ; with a foreword by Steven Pinker.
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- ISBN: 9780063002982
- ISBN: 0063002981
- Physical Description: xiii, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-380) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword / by Steven Pinker -- Introduction: Tree of life, seeds of death -- Beyond critical thinking : why existing approaches are failing us -- The cognitive immunology toolbox : naming the problem -- The widening gyre : why mental immune systems collapse -- Six immune-disruptive ideas : ... and their antidotes -- Fighting monsters : ... without becoming one yourself -- The ethics of faith : what is responsible belief? -- Thought police need not apply : how (not) to regulate belief -- Reason's fulcrum : the peculiar magic of reasons -- Reason unhinged : how thinking becomes ideological -- Mind upgrade : can we update the brain's operating system? -- Seductive misconceptions : how rationalism lost its way -- The mind vaccine : rethinking reason's requirements -- Conclusion. Propagating enlightenment : how to bend the arc of history. |
| Summary, etc.: | "Philosopher Andy Norman dives into the world of mind-parasites, ideas that cause destructive thinking and extremism, and describes how to inoculate your mind to keep it safe from bad ideas"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Subject: | Ideology > Psychological aspects. Social psychology. Reason. |
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Table of Contents
Mental Immunity : Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Foreword Steven Pinker | p. xi | |
| Introduction: Tree of Life, Seeds of Death | p. 1 | |
| Part I | Mental Immunity | |
| Chapter 1 | Beyond Critical Thinking | p. 17 |
| Why existing approaches are failing | ||
| Chapter 2 | The Cognitive Immunology Toolbox | p. 37 |
| Naming the problem | ||
| Chapter 3 | The Widening Gyre | p. 51 |
| Why mental immune systems collapse | ||
| Chapter 4 | Six Immune-Disruptive Ideas | p. 67 |
| ... and their antidotes | ||
| Chapter 5 | Fighting Monsters | p. 89 |
| ... without becoming one yourself | ||
| Part II | Mind Parasites and Public Health | |
| Chapter 6 | The Ethics of Faith | p. 111 |
| What is responsible belief? | ||
| Chapter 7 | Thought Police Need Not Apply | p. 145 |
| How (not) to regulate belief | ||
| Part III | Antibodies and System Failures | |
| Chapter 8 | Reason's Fulcrum | p. 173 |
| The peculiar magic of reasons | ||
| Chapter 9 | Reason Unhinged | p. 207 |
| How thinking becomes ideological | ||
| Part IV | Inoculating Minds | |
| Chapter 10 | Mind Upgrade | p. 241 |
| Can we update the brain's operating system? | ||
| Chapter 11 | Seductive Misconceptions | p. 261 |
| How rationalism lost its way | ||
| Chapter 12 | The Mind Vaccine | p. 303 |
| Rethinking reason's requirements | ||
| Conclusion Propagating Enlightenment | p. 343 | |
| How to bend the arc of history | ||
| Acknowledgments | p. 353 | |
| Appendix: How to Play the Reason-Giving Game | p. 357 | |
| Notes | p. 363 | |
| Index | p. 381 |
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