CAS PH 160 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Philosophical Skepticism, Deductive Reasoning, False Premise
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Selective attention is giving preferential treatment for some statements and not others, or in other words, failing to consider evidence or arguments that do not support preferred claims or positions. Selective attention can occur without the awareness that it"s happening in order to overcome selective attention a conscious effort must be made to look for opposing evidence and consider all relevant reasons. Subjective relativism is the idea that truth depends on what someone believes, meaning the truth doesn"t depend on the way things are, but solely on what someone believes; truth is relative to persons. For example a belief can be true for one person, but not for another. Social relativism is the view that truth is relative to societies. The claim is that truth doesn"t depend on an individual"s beliefs, but on society"s beliefs. For example a claim may be true for one society, but not for another.
