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Plagues of the mind : the new epidemic of false knowledge

Title
Plagues of the mind : the new epidemic of false knowledge / Bruce S. Thornton.
Author
Thornton, Bruce S.
Publication
Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, 1999.

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Description
xxiv, 279 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"Part One traces the historical and cultural roots of such ancient myths as the Golden Age and the Noble Savage and discusses the present corruption of mind wrought by those beliefs in the media and education. Part Two examines in detail three popular specimens of false knowledge; romantic environmentalism, Noble-Savage Indianism, and the Old Europe Mother Goddess". -- Jacket.
Alternative Title
New epidemic of false knowledge
Subject
  • Truthfulness and falsehood
  • Reason
  • reason
  • Reason
  • Truthfulness and falsehood
  • Irrtum
  • Wahrheit
  • Misvattingen
  • Pseudowetenschap
  • Intellectual life > History
  • Rationalism > History
  • Rationalism > Philosophy
  • Social psychology > Philosophy
  • Political correctness > Philosophy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-261) and index.
Contents
Of the causes of error -- Knowledge is virtue -- "Feeling is all there is" -- Discontented with civilization -- Tragedy and therapy -- Of three popular and received ideas -- Romantic environmentalism -- The white man's Golden Age Red Man -- The false goddess and her lost paradise -- The examined life.
ISBN
  • 188292634X
  • 9781882926343
LCCN
99064337
OCLC
  • ocm43047791
  • 43047791
  • SCSB-927862
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library