Conspiratorial Ideation and Pathological Belief

Over the Easter break, our project concluded. Here’s a thread of what we got up to thanks to funding from @BritishAcademy_. 🧵 You can read about the project here: emasullivan-bissett.com/cons…

Check out this blog post on @EpistInnocence by @psychunseen on his paper for our special issue! imperfectcognitions.blogspot…

We're very pleased to share the fifth paper in our Special Issue of Review of Philosophy and Psychology on Conspiratorial Ideation and Psychopathology! @paulnoordhof's 'Sub-Category Generalism About Conspiracy Theories'. link.springer.com/article/10…

The idea behind our project turned into a paper by @annaichino and @Ema_SB which is now published in Erkenntnis. Open access! link.springer.com/article/10…

We're delighted to share the fourth paper in our Special Issue of Review of Philosophy and Psychology on Conspiratorial Ideation and Psychopathology! @lisabortolotti with 'The Ant and the Grasshopper'. Open access! link.springer.com/article/10…

We're very pleased to share the third paper in our Special Issue of Review of Philosophy and Psychology on Conspiratorial Ideation and Psychopathology! @Karen_Douglas and colleagues on 'Engaging with Conspiracy Believers' - open access! link.springer.com/article/10…

And that's all folks! We are incredibly grateful to the @BritishAcademy_ for funding this project, and we hope to continue working in this area!

Also featured there is information about a cool game designed by @annaichino and colleagues called Fake Plots! sites.google.com/view/the-ph…

Finally, @annaichino has collaborated with @lisabortolotti and colleagues on The Philosophy Garden – a virtual philosophy museum featuring short videos demonstrating philosophical concepts. sites.google.com/view/the-ph…

As part of this, speakers from our workshops alongside other researchers kindly created short videos talking about their research on conspiracy theories. You can watch those videos here: museodellafilosofia.unimi.it…

In February this year, two new rooms were opened, dedicated to the philosophy of disinformation, featuring an interactive exhibition on Conspiracy Theories, Fake News, and other Mental Traps. museodellafilosofia.unimi.it…

Turning to public engagement, @annaichino and her collaborators have worked hard creating a philosophy museum in Milan. In this post for Imperfect Cognitions (@EpistInnocence), she is interviewed by @lisabortolotti about her experience. imperfectcognitions.blogspot…

We have several other papers being reviewed and revised – watch this space for more updates on the Special Issue!

And second, @psychunseen's paper ‘Conspiracy Theory Belief: A Sane Response to an Insane World’. link.springer.com/article/10…

First, @RikPeels's paper ‘Vice Explanations for Conspiracism, Fundamentalism, and Extremism’. Open access! link.springer.com/article/10…

We have been Guest Editing a Special Issue of Review of Philosophy and Psychology on Conspiratorial Ideation and Psychopathology. link.springer.com/collection…. We’re pleased to be able to share the first two papers published in the issue.

Also in that issue is @Ema_SB’s ‘Believing Badly Ain’t so Bad’, a commentary on @NeilLevy10's book Bad Beliefs. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Onto outputs. In July, @annaichino’s paper ‘Vaccine Hesitancy and the Reluctance to “Tempt Fate”’ was published in a special issue of @JournalPHP on Collective Irrationalities, guest edited by @miyazono_kengo and Rie Lizuka. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

In October 2022, @Ema_SB participated in a panel with @rachelschraer, @ETVpod, and @MrMMarsh on Rabbit Holes and Radicalisation @QEDcon. youtube.com/watch?v=PlSZVuet…

In February we presented our co-authored paper at the 1st International Conference on the Philosophy of Conspiracy Theory, and in April we presented it at the first project workshop in Birmingham.

Later that month @annaichino presented her paper ‘Conspiracy Theories and Make-Believe’ at the Imagining, Understanding, and Knowing workshop.