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Epistemic beliefs’ role in promoting misperceptions and conspiracist ideation

Widespread misperceptions undermine citizens’ decision-making ability. Conclusions based on falsehoods and conspiracy theories are by definition flawed. This article demonstrates that individuals’ epistemic beliefs–beliefs about the nature of knowledge and how one comes to know–have important implic...

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Autores principales: Garrett, R. Kelly, Weeks, Brian E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5603156/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28922387
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184733