Beschreibung:
People of all times and cultures have believed in false and dubious ideas. This is just as true of our modern scientific age as it was of earlier cultures - we too believe in all sorts of ungrounded causal statements, like such and such a practice can lead to a longer life, to better health and so on. How can such beliefs be explained?
Preface. Part I:. 1. The Powers that Induce us to Agree. 2. Good Reasons for Believing in False Ideas. 3. Simmela s Model. 4. Hyperbole Machines. Part II: . 5. Questions and Answers. 6. No Effect Without Cause. 7. Truth is Unique. 8. Words and Things. Part III:. 9. Reason with a Small. 10. Simmel and the Theory of Knowledge. Notes. Index.