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Motivational pessimism and motivated cognition
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Author
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Abstract
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| I introduce and discuss an underappreciated form of motivated cognition: motivational pessimism, which involves the biasing of beliefs for the sake of self-motivation. I illustrate how motivational pessimism avoids explanatory issues that plague other (putative) forms of motivated cognition and discuss distinctions within the category, related to awareness, aetiology, and proximal goals. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Synthese : an international journal for epistemology, methodology and philosophy of science. - Dordrecht, 1936, currens
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Publication
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Dordrecht
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2024
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ISSN
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0039-7857
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1573-0964
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DOI
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10.1007/S11229-024-04546-7
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Volume/pages
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203
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(2024)
, p. 1-18
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Article Reference
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119
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ISI
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001199716700002
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (open access)
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The author-created version that incorporates referee comments and is the accepted for publication version Available from 10.04.2025
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Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
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