"Good" biases:: does doxastic irrationality benefit individuals and groups?

Andrea Polonioli; Sophie Stammers; Lisa Bortolotti

"Good" biases: does doxastic irrationality benefit individuals and groups?

Andrea Polonioli
, Sophie Stammers
, Lisa Bortolotti

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Abstract

In this paper, we argue for the need for an analysis of failures of doxastic rationality that is sensitive to the multiplicity of goals of human behaviour at both the individual and group level.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	327-345
Journal	Revue Philosophique de la France et de La Etranger
Volume	3
Issue number	143
Publication status	Published - Sept 2018

Keywords

doxastic irrationality
individual
group
cognitive bias
benefits

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"Good" biases: does doxastic irrationality benefit individuals and groups?

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