Argumentation and the diffusion of counter-intuitive beliefs.
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LPC -
Laboratoire de psychologie cognitive
2 L2C2 - Laboratoire sur le langage, le cerveau et la cognition
3 IJN - Institut Jean-Nicod
4 DEC - Département d'Etudes Cognitives - ENS Paris
5 ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris
6 EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales
7 PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
8 CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2 L2C2 - Laboratoire sur le langage, le cerveau et la cognition
3 IJN - Institut Jean-Nicod
4 DEC - Département d'Etudes Cognitives - ENS Paris
5 ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris
6 EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales
7 PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
8 CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Nicolas Claidière
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 174506
- IdHAL : nicolas-claidiere
- ORCID : 0000-0002-4472-6597
- IdRef : 140399089
Hugo Mercier
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 181367
- IdHAL : hugo-mercier
- ORCID : 0000-0002-0575-7913
- IdRef : 137349602
Résumé
Research in cultural evolution has focused on the spread of intuitive or minimally counterintuitive beliefs. However, some very counterintuitive beliefs can also spread successfully, at least in some communities-scientific theories being the most prominent example. We suggest that argumentation could be an important factor in the spread of some very counterintuitive beliefs. A first experiment demonstrates that argumentation enables the spread of the counterintuitive answer to a reasoning problem in large discussion groups, whereas this spread is limited or absent when participants can show their answers to each other but cannot discuss. A series of experiments using the technique of repeated transmission show that, in the case of the counterintuitive belief studied: (a) arguments can help spread this belief without loss; (b) conformist bias does not help spread this belief; and (c) authority or prestige bias play a minimal role in helping spread this belief. Thus, argumentation seems to be necessary and sufficient for the spread of some counterintuitive beliefs. (PsycINFO Database Record
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Argumentation and the diffusion of counter-intuitive beliefs.
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Résumé |
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Research in cultural evolution has focused on the spread of intuitive or minimally counterintuitive beliefs. However, some very counterintuitive beliefs can also spread successfully, at least in some communities-scientific theories being the most prominent example. We suggest that argumentation could be an important factor in the spread of some very counterintuitive beliefs. A first experiment demonstrates that argumentation enables the spread of the counterintuitive answer to a reasoning problem in large discussion groups, whereas this spread is limited or absent when participants can show their answers to each other but cannot discuss. A series of experiments using the technique of repeated transmission show that, in the case of the counterintuitive belief studied: (a) arguments can help spread this belief without loss; (b) conformist bias does not help spread this belief; and (c) authority or prestige bias play a minimal role in helping spread this belief. Thus, argumentation seems to be necessary and sufficient for the spread of some counterintuitive beliefs. (PsycINFO Database Record
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Auteur(s) |
Nicolas Claidière
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, Emmanuel Trouche
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, Hugo Mercier
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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LPC -
Laboratoire de psychologie cognitive
( 849 )
- Pôle 3 C, Case D 3 place Victor Hugo 13331 Marseille Cedex 3
- France
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L2C2 -
Laboratoire sur le langage, le cerveau et la cognition
( 57979 )
- 67 bd Pinel 69675 Bron cedex
- France
3
IJN -
Institut Jean-Nicod
( 1273 )
- Pavillon Jardin 29, rue d'Ulm 75005 Paris
- France
4
DEC -
Département d'Etudes Cognitives - ENS Paris
( 91936 )
- Ecole normale supérieure
29, rue d'Ulm
75230 Paris cedex 05
- France
5
ENS-PSL -
École normale supérieure - Paris
( 59704 )
- 45, Rue d'Ulm - 75230 Paris cedex 05
- France
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EHESS -
École des hautes études en sciences sociales
( 99539 )
- 54, boulevard Raspail 75006 Paris
- France
7
PSL -
Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
( 564132 )
- 60 rue Mazarine 75006 Paris
- France
8
CNRS -
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
( 441569 )
- France
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Anglais
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2017-07
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Volume |
146
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Numéro |
7
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Page/Identifiant |
1052-1066
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Projet(s) ANR |
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DOI | 10.1037/xge0000323 |
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