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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The University of North Carolina Press
2017
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Cross currents
Year: 2017, Volume: 67, Issue: 4, Pages: 681-695 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Insecurity
/ Ambiguity
/ Faith
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AG Religious life; material religion CB Christian life; spirituality |
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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. |
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| ISSN: | 1939-3881 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cross currents
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/cros.12290 |