Belief-system constraints are primarily social, not logical or psychological.
Evidence
It seems clear that, however logically coherent a belief system may seem to the holder, the sources of constraint are much less logical in the classical sense than they are psychological—and less psychological than social. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1857 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
The increasing irrationality of society itself, manifested by today’s threatened catastrophes and the obvious potential for society to destroy itself, is irreconcilable with rational theory. Theory can now hardly continue to take society at a word that society itself no longer speaks. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2390 (
#complicates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Most people lack coherent ideological belief systems.; People hold logically contradictory beliefs when elements aren’t subjectively linked.; Belief system coherence is socially, not logically, driven — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1857 (+10 more)
Broader Connections
- Belief system coherence is socially, not logically, driven
#corroborates(1.00) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1857 - Mass belief systems are fragmented and narrow rather than ideologically coherent
#complicates(0.75) - An irrational social whole cannot be grasped by a rational, consistent theory.
#complicates(0.74) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2390 - Motivated reasoning makes people reject information threatening their values and beliefs.
#complicates(0.72) — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 89