Another very interesting type is justified false belief. That one you're so right in holding, yet is false. cc. @existentialcoms
Philosophers talk a lot about "justified true belief", but I want to know more about "unjustified false belief". It seems much more common.
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There's this disconnect between the rationality of holding it and it's (lack of) trueness.
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Seems to be that superstition based connecting the dots is the root of most unjustified false beliefs. Causation errors.
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Quassim Cassam has got some stuff on vicious thinking, virtue epistemology, etc. In case you're serious.
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Great tweet. Partial A: "Why People Believe Weird Thngs". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_People_Believe_Weird_Things …
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case in point.
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@TrueSciPhi now get rid of "beliefs"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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hmmm. But what of left-justified right belief?
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