Psychologiczne źródła teorii spiskowych

• Authors: Guzowski, Janusz

Title variants

PL

Psychological sources of conspiracy theories

Abstracts

EN

Conspiracy theory, according to the definition proposed by Sunstein and Vermeule is an effort to explain some event or practice by reference to the machinations of powerful people, who attempt to conceal their role (at least until their aims are accomplished). In this article I would like to present cognitive mechanisms that make some people prefer conspirational thinking. To explain the source of conspiratorial thinking and the emergence of conspiracy theories I will use distinction introduced by Wiktor Stoczkowski between productive and limited rationality. This mechanism can explain the adoption of beliefs underlying limited rationality.

Keywords

EN

conspiracy theories; productive rationality; limited rationality; Stoczkowski; teorie spiskowe; racjonalność wydajna; racjonalność ograniczona

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Internetowy Magazyn Filozoficzny Hybris
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 33 (2)

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Guzowski, Janusz

other

Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu

Identifiers

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/11089/20139