Anna Ichino
Biographic Data
| ID | 9534421 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna Ichino |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna |
| FAMILY NAME | Ichino |
| SIGNATURE | ICHINO A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Milan |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8694-6734 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Conspiracy Beliefs and Monothematic Delusions
Monothematic delusions and beliefs in conspiracy theories share some important features: they both typically have bizarre contents and are resistant to counterevidence. Yet conspiracy beliefs are generally taken to be a normal range phenomenon, whilst monothematic delusions are considered to involve doxastic pathology. In this paper, we argue that this difference in conceptualization is not warranted, and that, if we’re right, the correct respons…
Philosophy for and by Everyone
Dans cet article, nous soutenons que la pratique de la philosophie est bénéfique au public. En engageant leurs connaissances et leurs méthodes philosophiques, les agents épistémiques développent leur capacité à acquérir, produire, partager et utiliser des connaissances à la poursuite de leurs fins. Pour préciser ce que peut impliquer « faire de la philosophie », nous nous appuyons sur la littérature pédagogique et philosophique récente et présent…
Philosophy for and by Everyone
Vaccine hesitancy and the reluctance to “tempt fate”
This paper offers an explanation for subjects’ lack of confidence in vaccines’ safety, which in turn is widely recognized as one of the main determinants of vaccine hesitancy. I argue that among the psychological roots of this lack of confidence there is a kind of intuitive thinking that can be traced back to a specific superstitious belief: the belief that “it is bad luck to tempt fate”. Under certain conditions, subjects perceive the choice to …
Truth and Trust in Fiction
This chapter examines two pathways through which fictions may affect beliefs: by invading readers’ cognitive system via heuristics and other sub-rational devices, and by expressing authorial beliefs that readers take to be reliable. Focusing mostly on the latter pathway, the chapter distinguishes fiction as a mechanism for the transmission of uncontroversial factual information from fiction as a means of expressing distinctive perspectives on eva…
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Truth and Trust in Fiction
This chapter examines two pathways through which fictions may affect beliefs: by invading readers’ cognitive system via heuristics and other sub-rational devices, and by expressing authorial beliefs that readers take to be reliable. Focusing mostly on the latter pathway, the chapter distinguishes fiction as a mechanism for the transmission of uncontroversial factual information from fiction as a means of expressing distinctive perspectives on eva…
Vaccine hesitancy and the reluctance to “tempt fate”
This paper offers an explanation for subjects’ lack of confidence in vaccines’ safety, which in turn is widely recognized as one of the main determinants of vaccine hesitancy. I argue that among the psychological roots of this lack of confidence there is a kind of intuitive thinking that can be traced back to a specific superstitious belief: the belief that “it is bad luck to tempt fate”. Under certain conditions, subjects perceive the choice to …
Philosophy for and by Everyone
Dans cet article, nous soutenons que la pratique de la philosophie est bénéfique au public. En engageant leurs connaissances et leurs méthodes philosophiques, les agents épistémiques développent leur capacité à acquérir, produire, partager et utiliser des connaissances à la poursuite de leurs fins. Pour préciser ce que peut impliquer « faire de la philosophie », nous nous appuyons sur la littérature pédagogique et philosophique récente et présent…
Philosophy for and by Everyone
Conspiracy Beliefs and Monothematic Delusions
Monothematic delusions and beliefs in conspiracy theories share some important features: they both typically have bizarre contents and are resistant to counterevidence. Yet conspiracy beliefs are generally taken to be a normal range phenomenon, whilst monothematic delusions are considered to involve doxastic pathology. In this paper, we argue that this difference in conceptualization is not warranted, and that, if we’re right, the correct respons…
Epistemology (3 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Agency (philosophy) (2 works) · Analytic philosophy (2 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Philosophy of science (2 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (2 works)