Julian Baggini - How Belief Systems Work

Support the show with Closer To Truth merchandise: https://bit.ly/3P2ogje Why are ‘belief systems’ so powerful? How do they control religion and politics and all ways of thinking from a scientific worldview to conspiracy theories? What is a ‘belief system’? It is a set of tenets or convictions that support each other, such that the whole system governs individual beliefs. How we believe may be more important than what we believe. Free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/376lkKN Watch more interviews on belief systems: https://bit.ly/45e47xe Julian Baggini is the founding editor of The Philosophers’ Magazine. He has a PhD on the philosophy of personal identity and is the author, co-author or editor of over 20 books including Freedom Regained, The Virtues of the Table, The Ego Trick and, most recently, The Edge of Reason. Register for free at CTT.com for subscriber-only exclusives: https://bit.ly/3He94Ns Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.