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belief-forming process
Also known as: belief-forming process, belief formation, belief-forming processes, belief-forming mechanisms
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Epistemology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 6 facts
perspectiveKeith Lehrer argues that even if a belief-forming process is reliable, such as the tempucomp in the Mr. Truetemp thought experiment, the beliefs produced are unjustified if the believer is unaware of the fact that the process is reliable.
claimBelief is a mental state, and belief-formation is a mental process.
claimUsing vision to determine the color of a well-lit, nearby object is a reliable belief-forming process for a person with normal vision, but not for a color-blind person.
claimThe goal of belief-forming practices is to obtain truth while avoiding error, and justification is the feature of beliefs formed in a way that best pursues this goal.
claimThe reliability of a belief-forming process depends on its long-term performance, even though the formation of an individual belief is a one-time event.
claimUsing vision to determine the color of a well-lit, nearby object is a reliable belief-forming process for a person with normal vision, whereas forming beliefs based on the testimony of compulsive liars is not a reliable process.
Naturalistic Epistemology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 6 facts
claimNaturalistic epistemology can be normative because it explains and detects the causal connections between belief-forming processes and cognitive goals.
perspectiveJohn Pollock argues that experimental studies of reasoning are not helpful in determining the contents of the internalized rules that govern belief formation.
claimJohn Pollock endorses a view called 'norm internalism,' which holds that beliefs are justified when formed in accordance with internalized rules concerning correct belief formation.
claimIn Alvin Goldman's causal reliabilism, a 'suitably reliable' belief-forming process is defined as one that has a propensity to produce more true beliefs than false ones and whose causal ancestry has a greater propensity to produce reliable processes than unreliable ones.
claimIn Alvin Goldman's theory of knowledge, psychology is necessary to identify and evaluate belief-forming processes and to judge their reliability, thereby making the determination of knowledge dependent on both philosophical and psychological considerations.
claimAlvin Goldman argues that it is necessary to construct a theory of what epistemic justification really is, distinct from how common sense perceives it, because commonsense assessments of belief-forming processes and their reliability often differ from the psychological truth.
Social Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Feb 26, 2001 2 facts
claimEpistemic network models allow philosophers to explore processes of influence in social networks, understand why social ties are important for belief formation, and consider methods for creating better knowledge systems.
claimSocial epistemology is defined by the study of agents interacting during belief-formation, where that interaction influences the epistemic status of the beliefs held by one or more of those agents.
Epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 2 facts
claimThe ethics of belief is a field exploring the intersection of epistemology and ethics, examining the norms governing belief formation and whether violating these norms is morally wrong.
claimVirtue epistemologists, including Ernest Sosa and Linda Zagzebski, analyze the process of belief formation by examining the intellectual virtues or cognitive competencies involved.
Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 9, 1999 2 facts
claimIn Virtue Epistemology, belief-formation is treated as a psychological performance where accuracy is identified with truth, adroitness is identified with manifesting intellectual competence, and aptness is identified with a belief being true because it is competent.
claimMark Alfano (2012, 2013b) argued that responsibilist virtue epistemology is challenged by findings that belief-formation is influenced by epistemically irrelevant factors, such as mood elevators, mood depressors, and social cues regarding unanimous versus non-unanimous agreement.
Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Dec 14, 2005 1 fact
claimPerceptual experiences, such as a hat looking blue to an observer, possess propositional content (e.g., the hat is blue) and can therefore play a justificatory role in belief formation.
Social epistemology - Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy rep.routledge.com 1 fact
claimSocial epistemology encompasses the study of the social dimensions of knowledge acquisition and transmission, the evaluation of beliefs and belief-forming mechanisms in their social contexts for their truth-related or veritistic features, and the study of the epistemic significance of other minds.
Epistemological Problems of Testimony plato.stanford.edu Apr 1, 2021 1 fact
claimJon Robson discusses aesthetic testimony and the norms of belief formation in his 2015 article published in the European Journal of Philosophy.