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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Authors: Blancke, Stefaan (Author) ; Boudry, Maarten 1984- (Author) ; Braeckman, Johan 1965- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: 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
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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