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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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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The University of North Carolina Press
2017
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Cross currents
Année: 2017, Volume: 67, Numéro: 4, Pages: 681-695 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Incertitude
/ Ambigüité
/ Foi
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| Classifications IxTheo: | AB Philosophie de la religion AG Vie religieuse CB Spiritualité chrétienne |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Decision Making
B Cognitive Dissonance B theory of knowledge B CRITERION (Theory of knowledge) B JUDGMENT (Psychology) B Ambiguity |
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| Résumé: | 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 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Cross currents
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/cros.12290 |