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Life's operating manual : with the fear and truth dialogues / by Shadyac, Tom.(CARDINAL)635500;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-257).
Subjects: Self-knowledge, Theory of.; Consciousness.; Truth.;
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Ideas that matter : the concepts that shape the 21st century / by Grayling, A. C.(CARDINAL)347664;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-411) and index.Absolutism -- Accommodation Theory -- Activism -- Advertising -- Aesthetics -- Biodiversity -- Bioethics -- Biology -- Biopoiesis -- Black consciousness -- Black holes -- Black power -- Buddhism -- Business ethics -- Capitalism -- Catholicism -- Christianity -- Civilization -- Class -- Cloning -- Cognitive Science -- Cognitive therapy -- Communism -- Consequentialism -- Consumerism -- Creationism -- Daoism (Taoism) -- Democracy -- Deontology -- Economics -- Education -- Egoism -- Enlightenment -- Epistemology -- Equality -- Ethics -- Ethics, history of -- Ethnocentrism -- Euthanasia -- Evolution -- Existentialism -- Experimental philosophy -- Falsifiability -- Fascism -- Feminism -- Freedom of speech -- Fundamentalism -- Future, the -- Game theory -- Globalization -- Hinduism and Brahmanism -- History -- Humanism -- Human rights -- Identity -- Internet -- Intuitionism, mathematical and logical -- Irrationalism -- Islam -- Judaism -- Justice -- Law -- Liberalism -- Liberty -- Logic -- Logic, fallacies of informal -- Love -- Marxism -- Meaning, theory of -- Metaphysics -- Mind, philosophy of -- Multiculturalism -- Nationalism -- Neoconservatism -- Neurophilosophy -- Neuroscience -- Orthodox Christianity -- Philosophy -- Politics -- Positivism and logical positivism -- Postmodernism -- Privacy -- Protestantism -- Psychoanalysis -- Psychology -- Punishment -- Quantum mechanics -- Racism -- Realism -- Relativism -- Relativity -- Religion -- Romanticism -- Skepticism -- Science -- Scientific revolutions -- Secularism -- Slavery -- Socialism -- Sociobiology -- Standard model -- String theory -- Technology -- Terrorism -- Tolerance -- Totalitarianism -- Truth -- Utopia -- Vegetarianism -- Verificationism -- Virtue ethics -- War -- War crimes -- Wealth -- Westernization -- Xenophobia -- Zeitgeist.Ideas can, and do, change the world. Just as Marxism, existentialism, and feminism shaped the last century, so fundamentalism, globalization, and bioethics are transforming our world now. In "Ideas that Matter," renowned philosopher A.C. Grayling provides a personal dictionary of the ideas that will shape our world in the decades to come. With customary wit, fire, and erudition, Grayling ranges across the gamut of essential theories, movements, and philosophies--from animal rights to neurophilosophy to war crimes--provoking and elucidating throughout--Book jacket.
Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Knowledge, Theory of.; Philosophy.; Philosophy;
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The generation myth : why when you're born matters less than you think / by Duffy, Bobby,author.(CARDINAL)814914;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-260) and index."One of the simplest and most powerful ways we understand people is as members of a generation. Your uncle is a bit racist because he's a baby boomer; your gen x boss is not a good team player; your cousin is constantly trying to go viral because he's genz, and his generation is obsessed with fame. We also use generations as a tool for tracking how a society's values change over time (baby boomers liberated sex; millennials made it problematic), and how to appeal to the generations that hold them. What we assume when we talk about generations is that our values and habits are fixed by the time we turn 18, and that generational conflict is inevitable: a generation matures into adulthood and takes control of our artistic, commercial, and political tastes,which then become obsolete and are replaced by succeeding generations. It's a compelling story - after all, it is natural to think you have more in common with your peers than with your parents. But it is also wrong. Bobby Duffy has spent decades studyinghow social values and beliefs change. In The Generation Myth, he argues that generations do not have fixed or monolithic identities, nor is one unavoidably distinct from all the rest. Rather, generational identities are fluid, forming and reforming throughout life. Gen xers aren't just a product of the Reagan years - their values have been shaped equally by the Iraq War, two financial collapses, and the simple fact that they have gotten older A generation isn't an identity as much as a process. Duffy shows that differences between generations aren't nearly as sharp as we think. Political engagement, for example, has not declined in younger generations - younger people are always less politically active. Older generations have different expectations of their employers than younger generations simply because they entered different labor markets. Baby boomers had more sex in their youth than millennials, but millennials are actually happier with their sex lives. Young adults are no likelier to buy a productbased on the company's ethics than their parents or grandparents. Through these insights, we find not only a truer picture of real generational differences, but a better way of understanding how societies change, and where ours may be headed. An analysisof breathtaking scale, based on data collected from over three million people, The Generation Myth is a vital rejoinder to alarmist books like iGen, The Coddling of the American Mind, and A Generation of Sociopaths. The kids are alright. Their parents are too"--Introduction: the question of our generation -- Stagnation generation -- Home affront -- Reaching higher, falling flat -- Happy now -- A healthy future? -- The sex recession, baby bust, and death of marriage -- Manufacturing a generational culture war -- Constant crises -- Consuming the planet -- Us and them -- The end of the line?.
Subjects: Generations.; Knowledge, Sociology of.; Ignorance (Theory of knowledge);
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Angels fear : towards an epistemology of the sacred / by Bateson, Gregory,1904-1980.(CARDINAL)149181; Bateson, Mary Catherine.(CARDINAL)709451;
Subjects: Anthropology.; Knowledge, Theory of.; Philosophy.; Religion.;
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Truth : how the many sides to every story shape our reality / by Macdonald, Hector,author.(CARDINAL)704813;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-332) and index.Explores the complexity of truth and the ways that people take advantage of this complexity to use and abuse neutral truths to suit their own agendas in politics, business, the media, and everyday life.(WorldCAT)
Subjects: Truth.; Critical thinking.; Knowledge, Theory of.;
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A passion for ignorance : what we choose not to know and why / by Salecl, Renataauthor.;
Includes bibliographical references (157-187) and index.The many faces of ignorance -- Empty graves : ignorance, forgetting, and denial in war -- The secret in the body : knowledge and ignorance about genes -- Dental illness -- Love is blind -- The fear of being ignored : from incel to impostor -- The delusion of big data."An original and provactive exploration of our capacity to ignore what is inconvenient or traumatic."--back cover.
Subjects: Ignorance (Theory of knowledge);
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The Internet of us : knowing more and understanding less in the age of Big Data / by Lynch, Michael P.(Michael Patrick),1966-author.(CARDINAL)649936;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-214) and index.The new old problems of knowledge. Our digital form of life ; Google-knowing ; Fragmented reasons : is the Internet making us less reasonable ; Truth, lies, and social media -- How we know now. Who wants to know : privacy and autonomy ; Who does know : crowds, clouds, and networks ; Who gets to know : the political economy of knowledge ; Understanding and the digital human ; The Internet of us."While a wealth of literature has been devoted to life with the Internet, the deep philosophical implications of this seismic shift have not been properly explored ... Demonstrating that knowledge based on reason plays an essential role in society and that there is much more to 'knowing' than just acquiring information, ... philosopher Michael Patrick Lynch [posits that] our digital way of life makes us overvalue some ways of processing information over others, and thus risks distorting what it means to be human"--Dust jacket flap.
Subjects: Knowledge, Theory of.; Information technology.; Internet.;
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A passion for ignorance : what we choose not to know and why / by Salecl, Renata,1962-author.(CARDINAL)836513;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-187) and index."Drawing on philosophy, social and psychoanalytic theory, popular culture, and her own experience, Salecl explores how the passion for ignorance plays out in many different aspects of life today, from love, illness, trauma, and the fear of failure to genetics, forensic science, big data, and the Incel movement-and she concludes that ignorance is a complex phenomenon that can, on occasion, benefit individuals and society as a whole"--
Subjects: Ignorance (Theory of knowledge);
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When everyone knows that everyone knows... : common knowledge and the mysteries of money, power, and everyday life / by Pinker, Steven,1954-author.(CARDINAL)332272;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-343) and index.The emperor, the elephant, and the matzo ball -- Common knowledge and common sense -- Fun and games -- Reading the mind of a mind reader -- The department of social relations -- Laughing, crying, blushing, staring, glaring -- Weasel words -- The canceling instinct -- Radical honesty, radical hypocrisy.Common knowledge is necessary for coordination, for making arbitrary but complementary choices like driving on the right, using paper currency, and coalescing behind a political leader or movement. It's also necessary for social coordination: everything from rendezvousing at a time and place to speaking the same language to forming enduring relationships of friendship, romance, or authority. Humans have a sixth sense for common knowledge, and we create it with signals like laughter, tears, blushing, eye contact, and blunt speech. But people also go to great lengths to avoid common knowledge -- to ensure that even if everyone knows something, they can't know that everyone else knows they know it. And so we get rituals like benign hypocrisy, veiled bribes and threats, sexual innuendo, and pretending not to see the elephant in the room. Pinker shows how the hidden logic of common knowledge can make sense of many of life's enigmas: financial bubbles and crashes, revolutions that come out of nowhere, the posturing and pretense of diplomacy, the eruption of social media shaming mobs and academic cancel culture, the awkwardness of a first date. Artists and humorists have long mined the intrigues of common knowledge, and Pinker liberally uses their novels, jokes, cartoons, films, and sitcom dialogues to illuminate social life's tragedies and comedies. Along the way he answers questions like: Why do people hoard toilet paper at the first sign of an emergency? Why are Super Bowl ads filled with ads for crypto? Why, in American presidential primary voting, do citizens typically select the candidate they believe is preferred by others rather than their favorite? Why did Russian authorities arrest a protester who carried a blank sign? Why is it so hard for nervous lovers to say goodbye at the end of a phone call? Why does everyone agree that if we were completely honest all the time, life would be unbearable? Consistently riveting in explaining the paradoxes of human behavior, When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... invites us to understand the ways we try to get into each other's heads and the harmonies, hypocrisies, and outrages that result.
Subjects: Informational works.; Knowledge, Sociology of.; Knowledge, Theory of.; Communication.; Common sense.;
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Psychology and epistemology. / by Piaget, Jean,1896-1980.(CARDINAL)137606;
Bibliography: page 155.
Subjects: Cognition in children.; Cognition.; Knowledge, Theory of.;
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