You can come to know something by observation, by testimony, or by working it out in your head. But there’s another way of knowing something that doesn’t involve learning because it doesn’t involve coming to know a pre-existing fact. This way of knowing arises when you do something intentionally.
又一个月的大流行…还有我的另一个哲学难题来分散你的注意力。这一次，困惑与信念有关，特别是在错误信念的指导下行动是否可以为某人的道德错误开脱。
如果你经常重复一件事，人们更有可能相信它。这就是所谓的虚幻真相效应。这种情况可能发生在聪明人身上，甚至当人们已经知道这种说法是错误的时候。那么，为什么重复某件事会让人们更容易相信它呢?
大量研究表明，即使自称为非种族主义者，也可能对黑人存在隐性偏见。对于如何看待这种“内隐”现象的本质，人们没有多少共识，但有一种可能性是，我们的种族偏见最好被理解为一种感知习惯。
Need a distraction from the incessant stream of information and speculation about the Coronavirus? I certainly do. So for my next few blogs, I’m going to describe philosophical puzzles that are either old or new. I won’t help solve them until the next blog, at which point I’ll post links to various solutions. Enjoy!