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
@corlin I just bought 500 shares of mind med MMEDF pharmaceutical company working on doses of LSD for medical purposes ?Figured .81 cents a share what the heck !That Kevin O’Leary from tv show Shark Tank owns part of company?
@Oldguyaz
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Hmmmm.
I did not know it was in production yet.
LSD is actually not that hard to synthesize, if you have a good lab and the right equipment.
( I neither acknowledge, nor deny, that I ever knew anyone named Owsley.)
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