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A review of:
The Epistemic Innocence of Irrational Beliefs.
by Lisa Bortolotti

... an attempt to make sense of the idea that our irrationality supports us when we navigate the physical and social world. We sometimes succeed not in spite of, but thanks to our irrational beliefs. If that is the case, then we need a framework that helps us sort irrational beliefs.

https://philosophyofbrains.com/2020/10/12/epistemic-innocence-lisa-bortolotti.aspx

Book:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51704810-the-epistemic-innocence-of-irrational-beliefs

More:

Part two of this review:

Confabulation: good, bad, or inevitable?

Elly argues that, if confabulation is epistemically innocent, so is the narrative by the victim of domestic violence who excuses the perpetrator, and that is a problem for my account.

https://philosophyofbrains.com/2020/10/14/confabulation-good-or-bad.aspx

Part 3.

Extending epistemic innocence beyond belief

Chris Letheby finds another exciting application for epistemic innocence. His fascinating research is on altered states of consciousness induced by psychedelic drugs such as LSD.
... although psychedelic states have epistemic risks, they also have considerable epistemic benefits. Epistemic innocence teaches us that we should reject simple trade offs between wellbeing and knowledge

https://philosophyofbrains.com/2020/10/16/extending-epistemic-innocence.aspx