Reason for Writing: I want to gather information for a friend who is a professional in the behavioral sciences. Epistemic Status: Less than 2 hours googling how to build a forum, and a couple youtube videos Requirements: 1. Aesthetic 2. Inexpensive 3. Private 4. Easily Setup The goal is to...
Epistemic Status: Exploratory (I'm searching for an expert or someone who has studied and rigorously investigated these claims/essays, as I intend to, but time doesn't permit me now) 16 years ago, Eliezer asked "Do we Believe Everything we're told?" This was with respect to the Spinozan Model of the mind....
Reason for Writing: I want to gather information for a friend who is a professional in the behavioral sciences.
Epistemic Status: Less than 2 hours googling how to build a forum, and a couple youtube videos
Requirements:
The goal is to create a small, private forum for discussions.
I've looked into discourse, not sure if that's the best option.
If you make a mistake at work, you are expected to feel bad and express that through your body language and speech. If however, you’ve developed more stoic thinking patterns and ask yourself “I made a mistake, but that’s already happened so instead of regretting I’m going to focus on what I can do to avoid that mistake in the future”, you’ll also likely have body language and speech that doesn’t communicate regret in the same way.
Epictetus, one of the more popular Stoics, discusses this in the Enchiridion. In book XVI, it states "When you see anyone weeping in grief because his son has gone abroad, or is dead, or because he... (read more)
If this model is correct, Then we cannot NOT do this.
My point of this post was to ask "Does anyone here have any cognitive science background that could prove useful in investigating this further as to determine if it is worth delving into"
Yes, duration and the specifics of the model are important to understand. What I want to know is if the supporting research was conducted in an effective way and can be trusted as a sufficient bolstering of the model.
To be fair, if the models of belief involving encapsulation are true, then one can technically hold contradictory beliefs as long as these beliefs aren't activated at the same time. Is it possible that dissonance occurs when two contradictory beliefs are activated and held simultaneously?
In other words, imagine some stimulus prompts two contradictory beliefs to be activated and for them to encounter one another. This would result in confusion and by the model of... (read more)
Epistemic Status: Exploratory (I'm searching for an expert or someone who has studied and rigorously investigated these claims/essays, as I intend to, but time doesn't permit me now)
16 years ago, Eliezer asked "Do we Believe Everything we're told?"
This was with respect to the Spinozan Model of the mind.
Spinoza suggested that we first passively accept a proposition in the course of comprehending it, and only afterward actively disbelieve propositions which are rejected by consideration.
My question I'd like to pose is, has anyone deeply investigated this? Cognitive Science is of interest to me, but I am not as educated as many in this field.
I'd like to call attention to work done by Eric Mandelbaum... (read more)