Philosophy

PPIG: Philosophy, Psychology, and Informatics Group

Presenter: Cristina Borgoni (University of Bayreuth)

Title: Unendorsed Beliefs

Abstract: This paper examines a class of beliefs that I propose to call ‘unendorsed beliefs’. Unendorsed beliefs are beliefs whose content is not endorsed by the believer although the believer herself acknowledges their presence in her psychology. Recent work in philosophy - e.g. the discussion of cases in which an individual’s explicit and supported views conflict with her overall arc of instinctive and unguarded responses––has highlighted the occurrence of such beliefs. However, there are open questions about their central psychological and normative traits. I advance a view according to which certain normative features of unendorsed beliefs are related to their psychological structure. Given the psychological structure of an unendorsed belief, the subject does not have rational control over unendorsed beliefs and has limited first-personal access to these beliefs. In the paper, I analyze such distinctive characteristics in length.

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We are a group of researchers from diverse backgrounds in the above-mentioned groups (and beyond) who aim to gain an interdisciplinary yet deep understanding of the threads that bind the human mind and the world. In particular, this seminar series focuses on the nature of cognition, metacognition and social cognition. We’ll be tackling questions such as, what does it mean to think? What does it mean to think about thinking? And, what does it mean to think about one’s own thinking versus thinking about the thinking of other people? Please come along!

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Tillmann Vierkant

Mar 28 2018 -

PPIG: Philosophy, Psychology, and Informatics Group

2018-03-28: Cristina Borgoni (University of Bayreuth)

Room 12 (Doorway 3), Medical School (Old Medical School), Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG