TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - The believing brain : from ghosts and gods to politics and conspiracies - how we construct beliefs and reinforce them as truths A1 - Shermer, Michael LA - eng PP - New York PB - Times Books YR - 2011 UL - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/vaari.2584293 AB - Shermer demonstrates how our brains selectively assess data in an attempt to confirm the conclusions (beliefs) we've already reached. Drawing on evolution, cognitive science, and neuroscience, he considers not only supernatural beliefs but political and economic ones as well. SN - 0-8050-9125-4 SN - 978-0-8050-9125-0 KW - Knowledge, Theory of. KW - Cognitive neuroscience. KW - Belief and doubt. KW - usko KW - uskomukset KW - tiede KW - tietoteoria KW - tro KW - trosföreställningar KW - vetenskap KW - kunskapsteori ER -