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Social Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Feb 26, 2001 5 facts
claimEcho chambers, as described by Cinelli et al. (2021), are online spaces where individuals select connections that continually reinforce their existing beliefs, potentially leading to polarization and preventing the disconfirmation of false beliefs.
referenceHannon and De Ridder (2021) and Edenberg and Hannon (2021) are handbooks on political epistemology that cover topics including political disagreement, polarization, and the epistemic responsibilities of citizenship.
claimJern et al. (2014) demonstrate that actors holding causally or probabilistically related beliefs can polarize even when presented with the same new evidence.
claimSinger et al. (2019) demonstrate that polarization can occur among agents who exchange reasons for beliefs but reject any reasons that do not cohere with their existing beliefs.
claimDorst (2023) provides a model demonstrating that mostly rational agents can polarize in response to the same evidence in predictable ways.
Social Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Aug 28, 2019 2 facts
referenceErik J. Olsson authored the 2013 chapter 'A Bayesian Simulation Model of Group Deliberation and Polarization' in the book 'Bayesian Argumentation', which models group deliberation processes using Bayesian methods.
referenceCailin O’Connor and James Owen Weatherall authored the 2018 paper 'Scientific Polarization', published in the European Journal for Philosophy of Science, which discusses the phenomenon of polarization in scientific communities.
Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu May 23, 2001 1 fact
claimEntangled photons are pairs of particles that lack a definite state of polarization prior to measurement but are discovered to be in opposite polarization states when measured, regardless of the distance between them.
A Survey of Incorporating Psychological Theories in LLMs - arXiv arxiv.org 1 fact
referenceChenxi Wang, Zongfang Liu, Dequan Yang, and Xiuying Chen developed LLM-powered simulations to reveal polarization in social networks, as detailed in their paper 'Decoding echo chambers: LLM-powered simulations revealing polarization in social networks'.
5.16: The Role of Tax Policy - Social Sci LibreTexts socialsci.libretexts.org Jul 30, 2024 1 fact
claimEconomic inequality is thought to undermine social cohesion, increase polarization, and cause other societal problems.