Explaining Evidence Denial as Motivated Pragmatically Rational Epistemic Irrationality

This paper introduces a model for evidence denial that explains this behavior as a manifestation of rationality, and it is based on the contention that social values (measurable as utilities) often underwrite these sorts of responses. Moreover, it contends that the value associated with group member...

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Main Author: Shaffer, M.J (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2019
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