Tag: motivated reasoning
Why Science Needs a Scout Mindset: Lessons from Julia Galef
The soldier mindset, also known as motivated reasoning, leads us to defend the stronghold of our belief commitments against intellectual threats, come what may.
Only Religionists Doubt Darwin? The Case of C.S. Lewis
If this were true, it would cast suspicion on the skeptics who, so goes this line of insinuation, are motivated by their passion to believe.