Bad beliefs : : why they happen to good people / / Neil Levy.
Bad beliefs - beliefs that blatantly conflict with easily available evidence - are common. Large minorities of people hold that vaccines are dangerous or accept bizarre conspiracy theories, for instance. The prevalence of bad beliefs may be politically and socially important, for instance blocking e...
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| Superior document: | Oxford scholarship online |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Oxford : : Oxford University Press,, 2022. ©2022. |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (211 pages) |
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| Summary: | Bad beliefs - beliefs that blatantly conflict with easily available evidence - are common. Large minorities of people hold that vaccines are dangerous or accept bizarre conspiracy theories, for instance. The prevalence of bad beliefs may be politically and socially important, for instance blocking effective action on climate change. Explaining why people accept bad beliefs and what can be done to make them more responsive to evidence is therefore an important project. A common view is that bad beliefs are largely explained by widespread irrationality. This book argues that ordinary people are rational agents, and their beliefs are the result of their rational response to the evidence they're presented with. |
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| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0192648519 0191916145 0192648500 |
| Access: | Open access Open access. |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Neil Levy. |