This volume is a wide-ranging examination of denial and ideological denialism. It offers a readable overview of the psychology and social science of bias, self-deception, and denial, and examines the role of ideological denialism in conflicts over science and public policy, politics, and culture.
This volume is a wide-ranging examination of denial and ideological denialism. It offers a readable overview of the psychology and social science of bias, self-deception, and denial, and examines the role of ideological denialism in conflicts over science and public policy, politics, and culture.
Dr. Adrian Bardon is a professor of philosophy at Wake Forest University, where he teaches courses on political philosophy, philosophy of religion, philosophy of space and time, and the history of philosophy. He is the author of A Brief History of the Philosophy of Time (OUP 2013), as well as numerous scholarly articles on time, perception, politics, the history of philosophy, and various other subjects.
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Acknowledgements Preface Chapter One: Bias and Belief 1. What is denial? 2. "Hot cognition" 3. Mechanisms of motivated reasoning 4. The origins of denial 5. Pathological ideology, and denialism as a social phenomenon Chapter Two: Science Denial 1. Climate science denial 2. Personality, system, and status quo 3. The asymmetry thesis 4. Science and societal change Chapter Three: Pride, Prejudice, and Political Economy 1. Political economics 2. Poverty and the fundamental attribution error 3. Classism and racial stereotyping 4. The liberty argument Chapter Four: Religion 1. Reasons to believe 2. Is it even a belief? 3. The origins of religiosity 4. Tenacity 5. The problem(s) with religion Afterword: Directions for Science Communication 1. More information? 2. Message framing and delivery References
Acknowledgements Preface Chapter One: Bias and Belief 1. What is denial? 2. "Hot cognition" 3. Mechanisms of motivated reasoning 4. The origins of denial 5. Pathological ideology, and denialism as a social phenomenon Chapter Two: Science Denial 1. Climate science denial 2. Personality, system, and status quo 3. The asymmetry thesis 4. Science and societal change Chapter Three: Pride, Prejudice, and Political Economy 1. Political economics 2. Poverty and the fundamental attribution error 3. Classism and racial stereotyping 4. The liberty argument Chapter Four: Religion 1. Reasons to believe 2. Is it even a belief? 3. The origins of religiosity 4. Tenacity 5. The problem(s) with religion Afterword: Directions for Science Communication 1. More information? 2. Message framing and delivery References
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