Consilience Publishing, LLC

Beliefs can unite us or divide us, build societies or destroy them. Which will it be? That’s the stark choice we now face.

Why Sane People Believe Crazy Things helps harness the power of beliefs by explaining what they are. What they do. How they work. Why ＂everyone except us＂ seems to have gone insane. And how we can bridge the chasm of mistrust. It explains:

When to argue about beliefs and when not to argueWhy people hold beliefs for non-factual reasonsWhat beliefs can do for us as individuals and societiesHow beliefs can be justified in different waysHow beliefs can be meaningful in different waysHow the ineffable leads to religionHow moral beliefs can be justifiedWhy tolerance fosters humane societiesHow to build tolerant societies