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Ingroup Attitude: A Reliance-Based Analysis

Zhang, Xin
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People as group members tend to exhibit a partial attitude to either conform to the dominant group view or form beliefs—such as climate change denial and religious belief—based on other ingroup members’ testimony when the evidence for such a belief is insufficient. Philosophers have conceptualized this phenomenon of ingroup attitudes in terms of belief. In this paper, I argue that reliance, a cognitive attitude that is goal-oriented and primarily regulated by pragmatic concerns, is more fitting to illuminate cases of ingroup attitudes. Framing the discussion of ingroup attitudes in terms of reliance has three virtues: it captures the volitional aspect of the ingroup attitude that the norm governing belief fails to offer; it explains the indifference to evidence that occurs in cases of ingroup attitudes; and it resolves the seeming irrationality in acting against what one believes.

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2021-08-10
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Belief, Epistemic partiality, Reliance, Ingroup attitude, Practical factors, Group members
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Zhang, Xin. "Ingroup Attitude: A Reliance-Based Analysis." 2021. Thesis, Georgia State University. https://doi.org/10.57709/23231982
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2021-06-06
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