Counterknowledge : how we surrendered to conspiracy theories, quack medicine, bogus science and fake history / Damian Thompson.

By:

Thompson, Damian, 1962-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton, 2008.Edition: 1st American edDescription: 162 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780393067699 (hardcover)
0393067696 (hardcover)

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DDC classification:

121 22

LOC classification:

BD215 .T469 2008

Online resources:

Table of contents only

Contents:

Knowledge and counterknowledge -- Creationism and counterknowledge -- The return of pseudohistory -- Desperate remedies -- The counterknowledge industry -- Living with counterknowledge.

Summary: From conspiracy theories to alternative medicine, people are experiencing an epidemic of untrue descriptions of the world. Following in the footsteps of Richard Dawkins's "The God Delusion" and Sam Harris's "The End of Faith," this work is a defense of scientific proof in an age of fabrication.

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Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	BD215 .T469 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000068431

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-162).

From conspiracy theories to alternative medicine, people are experiencing an epidemic of untrue descriptions of the world. Following in the footsteps of Richard Dawkins's "The God Delusion" and Sam Harris's "The End of Faith," this work is a defense of scientific proof in an age of fabrication.

Knowledge and counterknowledge -- Creationism and counterknowledge -- The return of pseudohistory -- Desperate remedies -- The counterknowledge industry -- Living with counterknowledge.

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