Reasonable Irrationality: the Role of Reasons in the Diffusion of Pseudoscience
Pseudoscience spreads through communicative and inferential processes that make people vulnerable to weird beliefs. However, the fact that pseudoscientific beliefs are unsubstantiated and have no basis in reality does not mean that the people who hold them have no reasons for doing so. We propose th...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2019, Volume: 19, Issue: 5, Pages: 432-449 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Irrationality
/ Pseudo-science
/ Foundations of
/ Rationality
/ Theory of argumentation
/ Epidemiology
/ Cultural sciences
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RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AE Psychology of religion |
Further subjects: | B
epistemic vigilance
B cultural epidemiology B interactionist theory of reasoning B Reasons B Pseudoscience |
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