This Element surveys contemporary philosophical and psychological work on various forms of irrationality: akrasia, strange beliefs, and implicit bias. It takes up several questions in an effort to better illuminate these more maligned aspects of human behaviour and cognition: what is rationality? Why is it irrational to act against one's better judgement?
Could it ever be rational to do so? What's going wrong with beliefs in conspiracy theories, those arising from self-deception, or those which are classed as delusional? Might some of them in fact be appropriate responses to evidence?
Are implicit biases irrational when they conflict with our avowed beliefs? Or might they be rational insofar as they track social realities?
| ISBN: | 9781009641906 |
| Publication date: | 20th February 2025 |
| Author: | Ema SullivanBissett |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 75 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Elements. Elements in Philosophy of Mind |
| Genres: |
Popular philosophy Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Philosophy of mind Cognitive studies Social, group or collective psychology Cognition and cognitive psychology |
This Element surveys contemporary philosophical and psychological work on various forms of irrationality: akrasia, strange beliefs, and implicit bias. It takes up several questions in an effort to better illuminate these more maligned aspects of human behaviour and cognition: what is rationality?
Irrationality features in the following genres: Popular philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Philosophy of mind, Cognitive studies, Social, group or collective psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology
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Irrationality was written by Ema SullivanBissett and published by Cambridge University Press
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