What is it about?
This paper asks whether delusions and conspiracy theories compromise agency given that there are biases responsible for their formation. It argues that they do not.
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Why is it important?
It is important to establish whether people who report delusions or conspiracy theories have agency because that determines how we interact with them.
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I am attached to this paper as it uses a fable to make a philosophical point.
Professor Lisa Bortolotti
University of Birmingham
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This page is a summary of: The Ant and the Grasshopper: Does Biased Cognition Compromise Agency in the Case of Delusions and Conspiracy Theories?, Review of Philosophy and Psychology, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s13164-024-00760-x.
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