Lively and brilliantly argued, The Belief Instinct explains the psychology behind belief. Drawing on surprising new studies as well as on literature, philosophy, and even pop culture, The Belief Instinct will reward readers with an enlightened understanding of belief as well as the tools to break free of it.

A surprising new take on why we believe in God—and how this belief ensured the survival of the human species. God is not merely an idea to be entertained or discarded based on the evidence. Nor is God a cultural invention, an existential Band-Aid, or an opiate of the masses. Instead, Jesse Bering argues, belief in God evolved in the human species as an "adaptive illusion." Draw...(展开全部)

A surprising new take on why we believe in God—and how this belief ensured the survival of the human species. God is not merely an idea to be entertained or discarded based on the evidence. Nor is God a cultural invention, an existential Band-Aid, or an opiate of the masses. Instead, Jesse Bering argues, belief in God evolved in the human species as an "adaptive illusion." Draw...(展开全部)

基思.德夫林(Keith Devlin,1947--)是斯坦福大学语言与信息研究中心行政主任和斯坦福大学数学系的顾问教授,美国科学院数学科学教育委员会委员,世界经济论坛成员,美国科学促进会成员,美国全国公共电台数学普及节目主持人.他是24本书、一张互动式CD光盘和75篇已发表的研究论文的作者，以“数学小子”而著称。其著作有：《千年难题》、《数学犹聊天》、《数学化生命》等。

基思.德夫林(Keith Devlin,1947--)是斯坦福大学语言与信息研究中心行政主任和斯坦福大学数学系的顾问教授,美国科学院数学科学教育委员会委员,世界经济论坛成员,美国科学促进会成员,美国全国公共电台数学普及节目主持人.他是24本书、一张互动式CD光盘和75篇已发表的研究论文的作者，以“数学小子”而著称。其著作有：《千年难题》、《数学犹聊天》、《数学化生命》等。

A compact, coherent introduction to the study of rational belief, this text provides points of entry to such areas of philosophy as theory of knowledge, methodology of science, and philosophy of language. The book is accessible to all undergraduates and presupposes no philosophical training.

The most important questions in life are questions about what we should do and what we should believe. The first kind of question has received considerable attention by normative ethicists, who search for a complete systematic account of right action. This book is about the second kind of question. Right Belief and True Belief starts by defining a new field of inquiry named 'no...(展开全部)

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of The Ants comes this dynamic and visually spectacular portrait of Earth's ultimate superorganism. The Leafcutter Ants is the most detailed and authoritative description of any ant species ever produced. With a text suitable for both a lay and a scientific audience, the book provides an unforgettable tour of Earth's most evolved animal s...(展开全部)

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of The Ants comes this dynamic and visually spectacular portrait of Earth's ultimate superorganism. The Leafcutter Ants is the most detailed and authoritative description of any ant species ever produced. With a text suitable for both a lay and a scientific audience, the book provides an unforgettable tour of Earth's most evolved animal s...(展开全部)

This is a book about one of the more important and unsettling issues of our time. But it is not a book of opinion. It is, in the Naipaul way, a very rich and human book, full of people and their stories: stories of family, both broken and whole; of religion and nation; and of the constant struggle to create a world of virtue and prosperity in equal measure. Islam is an Arab rel...(展开全部)