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[catalogued under 2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Cognitive Bias]

Full Idea

There are two main varieties of cognitive bias: order-of-information biases are manifest when the information we receive first or our prior beliefs have disproportionate influence; availability bias is when the information at hand has too much influence

Gist of Idea

Cognitive bias mainly results from prior beliefs, or readily available information

Source

Jaime Edwards/Brian Leiter (Marx [2025], 5.4)

A Reaction

[The particuarly mention Daniel Kahneman for this type of thinking] The present book tracks such ideas back to Marx.

Book Reference

Edwards,J/Leiter,B: 'Marx' [Routledge 2025], p.173