What beliefs are made from

What beliefs are made from / Jonathan Leicester.

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Main Author: Leicester, Jonathan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : BENTHAM Science PUBLISHER.
Subjects:
Knowledge, Theory of.
Reason.
Belief and doubt.
epistemology.
reason.
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
Belief and doubt
Knowledge, Theory of
Reason
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • CONFLICT OF INTEREST
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • The Problem with Belief
  • Some Strange Shared Beliefs
  • CULTURE-BOUND PSYCHOSES
  • EPIDEMIC HYSTERIA
  • MYTHS AND LEGENDS
  • RUMOURS AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES
  • Four Theories of Belief
  • THE INTELLECTUALISTIC THEORY OF BELIEF
  • THE DISPOSITIONAL THEORY OF BELIEF
  • Belief and Judgement
  • THE FEELING THEORY OF BELIEF
  • ELIMINATIVIST THEORIES OF BELIEF
  • FOOTNOTE
  • The Evolution of Mind
  • FOOTNOTE
  • Causes of Belief
  • USING EVIDENCE
  • FAILURE TO USE EVIDENCE
  • FAULTY USE OF EVIDENCE
  • INABILITY TO WITHHOLD JUDGEMENT. VACILLATING BELIEFS
  • DESIRE. WISHFUL THINKING
  • THE BELIEVER'S PRIOR BELIEFS
  • SHARED BELIEFS OF COMMUNITIES AND GROUPS
  • DIRECT EXPERIENCE AND TESTIMONY
  • Near-death Experiences
  • THE SOURCE OF TESTIMONY
  • INTELLIGENCE
  • EGO DEFENCE MECHANISMS
  • PERSONALITY
  • MOOD AND EMOTION
  • LANGUAGE
  • THE POWER OF REPETITION. PROPAGANDA
  • The Exposure Effect
  • MYSTICAL THINKING AND REVELATION
  • NATURAL CREDULITY
  • FOOTNOTE
  • Belief, Consciousness, Attention
  • CONSCIOUSNESS
  • ATTENTION
  • Centre and Periphery of Attention
  • Automatic Attention
  • Deliberate Attention
  • Divided Attention, Multitasking
  • Terminating and Switching Attention
  • Disorders of Attention
  • FOOTNOTE
  • Memory and Belief
  • WORKING MEMORY
  • IMPLICIT, TACIT, OR NON-DECLARATIVE MEMORY
  • Introspection and Belief
  • Emotions and Feelings
  • PROPERTIES OF EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS
  • SOME PARTICULAR EMOTIONS IN RELATION TO BELIEF
  • The Feeling of Disgust
  • The Emotion of Anger
  • Pride, Humility, and Meekness
  • The Feeling of Remorse
  • Tenderness
  • The Feeling of Spirituality
  • The Feeling of Urge
  • Perception
  • MENTAL IMAGERY
  • Personality
  • In-Groups and Out-Groups
  • Symbolism
  • Speech and Language
  • NAMES, DESCRIPTIVE NAMES, AND DESCRIPTIONS
  • NAMING INEFFABLE THINGS
  • PARTICULARS AND UNIVERSALS
  • IDENTIFYING UNIVERSALS. NOMINALISM AND REALISM
  • MISUNDERSTANDING
  • THE WHORF-SAPIR HYPOTHESIS
  • The Role of Belief During Inquiry
  • Complexity, Children, Dreams
  • BELIEF ABOUT COMPLEX SUBJECTS
  • BELIEFS AND DISBELIEFS OF YOUNG CHILDREN
  • BELIEF DURING DREAMS
  • Illnesses that Affect Belief
  • NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE AND BELIEF
  • Frontal Lobe Disease and Counterfactual Thinking
  • Medial Temporal or Limbic Epilepsy
  • Drug Intoxication. In the Zone
  • Neglect Syndromes
  • The 'Split Brain' or Callosotomy Syndrome
  • PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS AND BELIEF
  • Depression
  • Obsessive Hypochondriasis
  • Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
  • Delusions and Schizophrenia
  • Nature and Purpose of Belief
  • BELIEF, KNOWLEDGE, AND OPINION
  • BELIEF AND TRUTH
  • Conscience
  • Dualism and Immaterial Mind
  • Appendix. The Brain: Structure and Function
  • ANATOMY OF THE BRAIN
  • THE NEURON
  • NEURAL PLASTICITY
  • Notes
  • CHAPTER 1. THE PROBLEM WITH BELIEF
  • CHAPTER 2. STRANGE SHARED BELIEFS
  • Culture-bound Psychoses

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