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What Society Can and Cannot Learn From Coherence: Theoretical and Practical Considerations

What Society Can and Cannot Learn From Coherence: Theoretical and Practical Considerations

Niki Pfeifer, Andrea Capotorti
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781799818113|ISBN10: 179981811X|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799818120|EISBN13: 9781799818137
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1811-3.ch008
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Pfeifer, Niki, and Andrea Capotorti. "What Society Can and Cannot Learn From Coherence: Theoretical and Practical Considerations." Adapting Human Thinking and Moral Reasoning in Contemporary Society, edited by Hiroshi Yama and Veronique Salvano-Pardieu, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 176-197. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1811-3.ch008

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Pfeifer, N. & Capotorti, A. (2020). What Society Can and Cannot Learn From Coherence: Theoretical and Practical Considerations. In H. Yama & V. Salvano-Pardieu (Eds.), Adapting Human Thinking and Moral Reasoning in Contemporary Society (pp. 176-197). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1811-3.ch008

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Pfeifer, Niki, and Andrea Capotorti. "What Society Can and Cannot Learn From Coherence: Theoretical and Practical Considerations." In Adapting Human Thinking and Moral Reasoning in Contemporary Society, edited by Hiroshi Yama and Veronique Salvano-Pardieu, 176-197. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1811-3.ch008

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Abstract

Society is facing uncertainty on a multitude of domains and levels: usually, reasoning and decisions about political, economic, or health issues must be made under uncertainty. Among various approaches to probability, this chapter presents the coherence approach to probability as a method for uncertainty management. The authors explain the role of uncertainty in the context of important societal issues like legal reasoning and vaccination hesitancy. Finally, the chapter presents selected psychological factors which impact probabilistic representation and reasoning and discusses what society can and cannot learn from the coherence approach from theoretical and practical perspectives.

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