QUINTESSENTIALS QE · Knowledge & reasoning

Stack / Epistemic

QEF-E-CONF

Confirmation Bias

Possible bias toward confirming an existing belief.

CandidatePrinciple family
Super rootDistortion & Bias
Root familyBiased Evidence Evaluation
Parent familyNot assigned
Principle familyConfirmation Bias

Includes

  1. Asymmetric examination of alternatives.

Excludes

  1. Disagreement by itself.

Direct proposed-role assignments

Complete family record
Family id
QEF-E-CONF
Label
Confirmation Bias
Stack
Epistemic
Level
principle_family
Parent ref
QEF-E-BIASED-EVAL
Definition
Possible bias toward confirming an existing belief.
Includes
  1. Asymmetric examination of alternatives.
Excludes
  1. Disagreement by itself.
Status
candidate
Provenance refs
None recorded
Aliases
None recorded