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The Epistemic Innocence of Irrational Beliefs (Hardcover)
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The Epistemic Innocence of Irrational Beliefs (Hardcover)
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In an ideal world, our beliefs would satisfy norms of truth and
rationality, as well as foster the acquisition, retention, and use
of other relevant information. In reality, we have limited
cognitive capacities and are subject to motivational biases on an
everyday basis. We may also experience impairments in perception,
memory, learning, and reasoning in the course of our lives. Such
limitations and impairments give rise to distorted memory beliefs,
confabulated explanations, and beliefs that are elaborated
delusional, motivated delusional, or optimistically biased. In this
book, Lisa Bortolotti argues that some irrational beliefs qualify
as epistemically innocent, where, in some contexts, the adoption,
maintenance, or reporting of the beliefs delivers significant
epistemic benefits that could not be easily attained otherwise.
Epistemic innocence does not imply that the epistemic benefits of
the irrational belief outweigh its epistemic costs, yet it
clarifies the relationship between the epistemic and psychological
effects of irrational beliefs on agency. It is misleading to assume
that epistemic rationality and psychological adaptiveness always go
hand-in-hand, but also that there is a straight-forward trade-off
between them. Rather, epistemic irrationality can lead to
psychological adaptiveness, which in turn can support the
attainment of epistemic goals. Recognising the circumstances in
which irrational beliefs enhance or restore epistemic performance
informs our mutual interactions and enables us to take measures to
reduce their irrationality without undermining the conditions for
epistemic success.
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