Chatbots For Social Change/Beliefs/Introduction

Purpose and scope of the chapter. The relevance of beliefs in the context of social change and chatbot technology. Overview of key themes: Belief formation, technological influence, cultural variations, and redundant belief systems. Selected bibliography: What are beliefs? Albarracin, M., & Pitliya, R. J. (2022). The nature of beliefs and believing. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 981925. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.981925 Schwitzgebel, E. (2022). The Nature of Belief From a Philosophical Perspective, With Theoretical and Methodological Implications for Psychology and Cognitive Science. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 947664. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.947664 Motivated reasoning Bayne, T., & Fernández, J. (2009). Delusion and self-deception: Affective and motivational influences on belief formation. Psychology press. Boudon, R. (1994). The Art of Self-Persuasion. Polity Press. Boudon, R. (1999). Local vs general ideologies: A normal ingredient of modern political life. Journal of Political Ideologies, 4(2), 141–161. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569319908420793 Ellis, J. (2022). Motivated reasoning and the ethics of belief. Philosophy Compass, 17(6), e12828. https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12828 Epley, N., & Gilovich, T. (2016). The Mechanics of Motivated Reasoning. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 30(3), 133–140. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.30.3.133 Kunda, Z. (1990). The case for motivated reasoning. Psychological Bulletin, 108(3), 480–498. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.108.3.480 Nisbett, R. E., Ross, L., & Nisbett, R. (1980). Human inference: Strategies and shortcomings of social judgment (Nachdr.). Prentice-Hall. Ofsowitz, M. (n.d.). The Psychology of Superstition. Where do beliefs come from? Mannheim, K. (1936). Ideology and Utopia (1979). Routledge.