Absurd Stories, Ideologies & Motivated Cognition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21507232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marianna B Ganapini (0000-0001-6652-9853, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 21-39 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophical Topics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0276-2080 • E-ISSN: 2154-154X |
| Publisher | Philosophy Documentation Center (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5840/philtopics202250215 |
| OpenAlex | W4390120674 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
At times, weird stories such as the Pizzagate spread surprisingly quickly and widely. In this paper I analyze the mental attitudes of those who seem to take those absurdities seriously: I argue that those stories are often imagined rather than genuinely believed. Then I make room for the claim that often these imaginings are used to support group ideologies. My main contribution is to explain how that support actually happens by showing that motivated cognition can employ imagination as a seemingly rational tool to reinforce and protect ideologies
Aesthetics · Cognition · Epistemology · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |