Chapter 2 of Boghossian's book is primarily about redefining terms to create cognitive filters

Boghossian himself tells readers not to skip chapters 2 and 3, calling them core. Mike agrees these are central — but because this is where "wrong thinking gets locked into the mind" of the skeptic reader. The core tactic of chapter 2 is redefining words to give them narrow meanings that serve as filters distorting reality.