Lessons on Disagreement from a Psychologist of Human Error

Lessons on Disagreement from a Psychologist of Human Error
Justin Weinberg, Daily Nous, 2018/09/19
The Daily Nous (which despite appearances employs no fewer than 13 separate CSS stylesheets)  discusses an essay from psychologist Lee Ross describing "the illusion of personal objectivity." This is the belief we tend to have that our own beliefs were formed objectively, and that therefore other people would believe what we do if we explained it to them, and that if they persist in not believing they are being irrational and unreasonable. More...