Truth

by Michael Shermer

Philosophy

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What It Is, How to Find It, and Why It Still Matters: "In a rebuttal to the notion of post-truth, the author explains why truth matters and why we should care that people sometimes believe things that are not true. He then explains how to get at truth, with chapters on evidence, causality, correlation/causation, and Bayesian reasoning. The next several chapters apply those concepts to different kinds of knowledge: scientific, historical, and religious truths. The author also takes up the possibility of alien life, the existence of God, and the nature of human consciousness"-- Provided by publisher.

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