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Valuing different forms of knowledge predicts belief in epistemically suspect claims: Development and validation of the Foundations of Knowledge Questionnaire

2024-02-16

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<p>In an era where polarisation, alterative facts and conspiracy theories pervade public discourse, understanding differences in the way people conceive of truth and knowledge is key to unravelling contrasting worldviews. In this paper, we develop and validate the Foundations of Knowledge Questionnaire, a psychometric tool to measure trust in various ways of knowing. In Study 1, we identify six distinct factors or...

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Literature Corpus work: 12804b94-8bba-5e19-8bf6-b6d2bcd03e0f
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/cz975

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