The truth about denial : bias and self-deception in science, politics, and religion / Adrian Bardon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bardon, Adrian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Truthfulness and falsehood.

Denialism.

Deception.

Disinformation.

Physical Description:

ix, 335 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Contents:

1 Bias and Belief p. 1

1.1 What Is Denial? p. 1

1.2 "Hot Cognition" p. 14

1.3 Mechanisms of Motivated Reasoning p. 31

1.4 The Origins of Denial p. 39

1.5 Pathological Ideology, and Denialism as a Social Phenomenon p. 44

2 Science Denial p. 67

2.1 Climate Science Denial p. 67

2.2 Personality, System, and Status Quo p. 76

2.3 The Asymmetry Thesis p. 88

2.4 Science and Societal Change p. 103

3 Pride, Prejudice, and Political Economy p. 127

3.1 Political Economics p. 127

3.2 Poverty and the Fundamental Attribution Error p. 144

3.3 Classism and Racial Stereotyping p. 154

3.4 The Liberty Argument p. 170

3.5 Asymmetry Again p. 191

4 Religion p. 213

4.1 Reasons to Believe p. 213

4.2 Is It Even a Belief? p. 243

4.3 The Origins of Religiosity p. 250

4.4 Tenacity p. 254

4.5 The Problem(s) with Religion p. 272

4.6 The Retreat into Abstraction p. 277.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780190062262

0190062266

9780190062279

0190062274

OCLC:

1101976094