Belief and Delusion as Palliative Responses to Uncertainty

The article explores uncertainty and ambiguity in terms of decision-making and probability distributions. Topics discussed include uncertainty with regard to a particular event, that one can assign it some subjective probability based on believe; theory of cognitive dissonance, the internal discord...

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Published in:Cross currents
Main Author: Corlett, Philip R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of North Carolina Press 2017
In: Cross currents
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Insecurity / Ambiguity / Faith
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AG Religious life; material religion
CB Christian life; spirituality
Further subjects:B Decision Making
B Cognitive Dissonance
B theory of knowledge
B CRITERION (Theory of knowledge)
B JUDGMENT (Psychology)
B Ambiguity
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Summary:The article explores uncertainty and ambiguity in terms of decision-making and probability distributions. Topics discussed include uncertainty with regard to a particular event, that one can assign it some subjective probability based on believe; theory of cognitive dissonance, the internal discord felt from holding conflicting beliefs simultaneously; and challenge for humans is to form and maintain a set of beliefs.
ISSN:1939-3881
Contains:Enthalten in: Cross currents
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/cros.12290