Paul Boghossian (NYU) - How Should We Explain Widespread Seemingly Irrational Beliefs?

At least in the United States, many people seem to believe claims that have been clearly refuted by the available evidence. For example, 35% of Americans believe that the recent presidential election was stolen by President Biden, even though there is no evidence to support that claim and there is lots of evidence against it. How should we explain such beliefs? And what role does trust, or mistrust, in experts play in these explanations?
Paul Boghossian (NYU) delivered the keynote 'How Should We Explain Widespread Seemingly Irrational Beliefs?' at the PERITIA conference 'The Ethics of Trust and Expertise' held in Yerevan at the American University of Armenia on 31 May - 2 June 2022.
PERITIA is an EU-funded project exploring public trust in expertise. Our multi-disciplinary team seeks to help citizens and policymakers understand trust in science and identify trustworthy expertise. By doing so, we aim to enhance trust in a better democratic governance for the future of Europe.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 870883. The information and opinions on this website and other communications materials are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Commission.
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