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#937 Oliver Traldi - Political Beliefs: A Philosophical Introduction

The Dissenter

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Navigating Cognitive Heuristics and Democracy in Epistemology

The chapter delves into the theories of cognitive heuristics, exploring how they simplify the complexity of the modern world and influence political beliefs. It discusses the epistemology of democracy, focusing on aggregation versus deliberation and the dynamics of group decision-making. The conversation extends to the challenges of expertise, the replication crisis in social psychology, selective exposure to information, defining conspiracy theories, and the impact of societal development on political beliefs.

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