SSH 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Confirmation Bias

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Sciences and Humanities
• Course: SSH 105
• Professor: Andrew Hunter

Document Summary

Disregarding this rule of thumb: just because someone is an expert in one ield doesn"t necessarily mean they are an expert in another. Regarding a non-expert as an expert: expert indicators include: Educaion and training from reputable insituions or programs in the relevant ield (evidenced by degrees/ceriicates) Experience in making reliable judgements in the ield (more years of experience the beter) Professional accomplishments: experts can also be biased- they are moivated by something other than the search for the truth (inancial gain) If we have reason to believe that an expert is biased, we are not jusiied in acceping the expert"s opinion without further invesigaion. Personal experience: principle 6: it"s reasonable to accept the evidence provided by personal experience only if there"s no good reason to doubt it, reasons to doubt the trustworthiness of our experiences, impairment. If our perceptual powers are somehow impaired, we have reason to doubt them.