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Scientific Polarization
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | O'Connor, Cailin Mname Weatherall, James Mname |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Description | Journal: SSRN Electronic Journal Contemporary societies are often "polarized", in the sense that sub-groups within these societies hold stably opposing beliefs, even when there is a fact of the matter. Extant models of polarization do not capture the idea that some beliefs are true and others false. Here we present a model, based on the network epistemology framework of Bala and Goyal ["Learning from neighbors", Rev. Econ. Stud. 65(3), 784-811 (1998)], in which polarization emerges even though agents gather evidence about their beliefs, and true belief yields a pay-off advantage. The key mechanism that generates polarization involves treating evidence generated by other agents as uncertain when their beliefs are relatively different from one's own. |
| Related Links | http://arxiv.org/pdf/1712.04561 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm?abstractid=3098608 |
| ISSN | 10914358 |
| e-ISSN | 15565068 |
| DOI | 10.2139/ssrn.3098608 |
| Journal | SSRN Electronic Journal |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
| Publisher Date | 2017-12-12 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: SSRN Electronic Journal History and Philosophy of Science Epistemic Networks Scientific Disagreement |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Psychiatry and Mental Health |
