A new meta analysis of 170 studies identifies qualities of people who believe conspiracy theories.; This paper is not a new study; it’s a statistical analysis of existing work and findings.

BM: Can you give me some examples?. JP: I'll give you a common example in the literature on paranormal belief.You're thinking of an old friend and you suddenly receive a call from them. You can ...

The Philosophy of Translation is heady reading, but in introductory remarks, Searls notes that he’s structured the book in two parts: philosophical theories and comparative examples of word ...

People take literature seriously, especially in moral philosophy, as thought experiments. A lot of the most developed and effective thought experiments come from novels.

Outside the psychology and social science literature some authors will sometimes offer some, usually heavily qualified, defence of conspiracy theories (in some sense of the term).

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