Excessive teleological thinking is driven by aberrant associations and not by failure of reasoning
Summary: Teleological thought — the tendency to ascribe purpose to objects and events — is useful in some cases (encouraging explanation-seeking), but harmful in others (fueling delusions and conspiracy theories). What drives excessive and maladaptive teleological thinking? In causal learning, there...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-09-01
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| Series: | iScience |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223017200 |