{"product_id":"jfk-assassination-logic-how-to-think-about-claims-of-conspiracy-paperback-softback-9781612347059","title":"JFK Assassination Logic; How to Think About Claims of Conspiracy (Paperback \/ softback) 9781612347059","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJFK Assassination Logic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow to Think About Claims of Conspiracy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn McAdams (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781612347059\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 September 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e326 pages, 13 photographs, 6 illustrations, 2 tables, 1 chronology\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mother of all conspiracy theories concerns the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Many of its elements have even become part of American folklore: the single bullet, the grassy knoll shooter, and the mysterious deaths of interested parties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJFK Assassination Logic\u003c\/i\u003e shows how to approach such conspiracy claims. Studying Lee Harvey Oswald's character and personality, for example, doesn't help determine whether he alone shot the president, and our opinion of bureaucrats can often cloud our judgments. How people view the JFK assassination can be a model for how (or how not) to evaluate other conspiracy theories, including those generally considered dubious—such as President Roosevelt's foreknowledge of Pearl Harbor, desert staging of the 1969 moon landing, and U.S. government involvement in 9\/11—as well as those based on fact, such as Watergate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn McAdams addresses not only conspiracy theories but also how to think, reason, and judge evidence in such cases. By putting the JFK assassination under the microscope, McAdams provides a blueprint for understanding how conspiracy theories arise and how to judge the evidence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e1. The Frailty of Witness Testimony\u003cbr\u003e2. Problems of Memory\u003cbr\u003e3. Creating False Memories\u003cbr\u003e4. Witnesses Who Are Just Too Good\u003cbr\u003e5. Bogus Quoting: Stripping Context, Misleading Readers\u003cbr\u003e6. Probability: Things that Defy the Odds\u003cbr\u003e7. More on Defying the Odds: The Mysterious Deaths\u003cbr\u003e8. Did People Know It Was Going to Happen?\u003cbr\u003e9. Signal and Noise: Seeing Things in Photos\u003cbr\u003e10. Think Scenario\u003cbr\u003e11. Not All Evidence Is Equal: Using Reliable Evidence\u003cbr\u003e12. Too Much Evidence of Conspiracy\u003cbr\u003e13. Beware False Corroboration\u003cbr\u003e14. How Bureaucrats Act\u003cbr\u003e15. Putting Theory into Practice: The Single Bullet Theory\u003cbr\u003e16. Thinking about Conspiracy: Putting It All Together\u003cbr\u003eTime Line\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"Potomac Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681222684952,"sku":"9781612347059","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/jfk-assassination-logic-how-to-think-about-claims-of-conspiracy-paperback-softback-9781612347059","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}