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ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL INCREDULITY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

Dene Bebbington
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Extract

People prefer certainty. There's a psychological need to explain events or phenomena rather than accept one's ignorance, to say ‘I don't know’ when faced with insufficient evidence.

Type
Research Article
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Think , Volume 10 , Issue 28 , Summer 2011 , pp. 27 - 28
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2011

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