When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People: How Philosophy Can Save Us from Ourselves

by Steven Nadler, Lawrence Shapiro, Lawrence A. Shapiro

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691212767
• ISBN13: 9780691212760
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.6"