She’s Starting to Suspect Something: My Niece False Beliefs Erica Rodriguez Florida Atlantic University Abstract In this study The False Beliefs Task was used to measure the theory of mind of a four-year-old child. Theory of mind is the child’s understanding that individuals have multiple mental states such as desires‚ thoughts‚ and beliefs that affect the way they behave‚ which allows children to perceive their peer’s unseen conditions. In this task a child between the ages of three and four
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sentenced to death. Out of those‚ 1/4 to 1/5 have been exonerated. This is not beyond our control as a nation; false confessions are detrimental to the United States’ justice system; fortunately‚ solutions are available (Kassin‚ 249). False confessions are when one takes responsibility for a crime they did not commit. Interrogations are very psychologically oriented. There are three basic types of false confessions. Voluntary confessions are given without prompting for some gain. Induced Compliant confessions
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Psychology behind false confessions The key goal for interrogators is to try and convince a rational person that they are indeed guilty and secure a confession. If a suspect perceives their likelihood of conviction is high‚ psychologists believe this to be a factor in false confessions. It is seen as an act of compliance when an innocent person confesses to a crime when presented with strong false evidence. In addition‚ when suspects are confronted with false evidence that proves their guilt and
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part of the ancient tradition. Folk Beliefs‚ otherwise known as "Superstitious Beliefs"‚ forms part of a people’s value systems and culture. They basically reflect the customs‚ traditions‚ and mores of a group‚ which has been based on religious beliefs‚ opinions‚ or popular old practices. Also they tell of how a people view the unknown and the Means to appease the gods that control the future. Filipinos still adhere to numerous widely-held folk beliefs that have no scientific or logical basis
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You believe that P‚ (2) You have justification for P and (3) that P is true. This definition of knowledge was thought to have satisfied many philosophers for centuries after Plato‚ this was until philosopher Edmund Gettier wrote ‘Is justified true belief knowledge?’. In this short paper he argues that justification and truth is necessary for knowledge but not sufficient thus concluding that we need something more. Although Gettier hasn’t written anything since‚ there have been a number of responses
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illustrate the inherent dangers that lurk in building belief systems on an illegitimate foundation and why you are morally obligated to hold true belief systems. What is a belief? It is a thought(s) that is truth to the mind. Beliefs may not always be true or legitimate‚ but the fact that the mind believes them forges them in to concrete building blocks. This creates a foundation on which actions come to fruition and morals come in to play. Once beliefs are held‚ they can be very difficult to break.
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Knowledge versus Belief Introduction The traditional or classic definition of knowledge was proposed by Plato in his dialogue Theaetetus−that “knowledge is justified true belief”. This view is formulated by a study of justified beliefs that constitute knowledge‚ this study is called Epistemology. Epistemology as a branch of philosophy deals with certain questions that are conducive to know what knowledge is. These questions can be proposed in the following way: What are the necessary and sufficient
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of knowledge is defined as awareness or familiarity gained by experience of a fact or situation‚ but the work of Edmund L. Gettier discusses the idea of knowledge being an unobtainable concept. In Gettier’s article aptly titled “Is Justified true belief knowledge”‚ he talks about justification through correspondence truth and experience. Gettier attacks the process of justification with the use of logical proofs demonstrating the law of non-contradiction which states that it is impossible for something
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Edmund Gettier’s finest work‚ “Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?” explains the concerns he has with the way we have formed our conditions for knowing something to be true. Many philosophers had attempted to explain the necessary conditions for someone to know a given proposition to be true‚ which led to Chisholm and Ayer constructing the necessary and sufficient conditions for a justified true belief‚ knowledge. These attempts were stated in the following form: (a) S knows that P is true‚ if and
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William K. Clifford argues in “The Ethics of Belief” that to believe in anything without sufficient evidence is unethical. Firstly‚ beliefs guide our actions‚ and actions guided by unsupported beliefs can have fatal consequences. We have a duty to mankind to perform responsible actions‚ so our beliefs must be responsible. Secondly‚ believing without thorough consideration makes one unable to support not just his claims‚ but his fellow man as well. And lastly‚ it robs people of their humanity by taking
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