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

    Written by Steven Nadler and Lawrence Shapiro

    Narrated by Jonathan Yen

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    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." Worse, bad thinking drives bad acting-it even inspired a mob to storm the US Capitol. In this book, Steven Nadler and Lawrence Shapiro argue that the best antidote for bad thinking 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. 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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateAug 31, 2021
    ISBN9781666144987
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    Steven Nadler

    Steven Nadler is the William H. Hay II Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he has been teaching since 1988. His books include Spinoza:  A Life, winner of the Koret Jewish Book Award in 2000, and Rembrandt’s Jews, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2004.

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