Irenaeus, Siteadmin, Check users, oversight, Administrators
351,698
edits
Changes
Atheism and open-mindedness (view source)
Revision as of 03:48, October 27, 2021
, 03:48, October 27, 2021no edit summary
The abstract for the 2017 journal article ''Are atheists undogmatic?'' published in the journal ''Personality and Individual Differences'' states:
The abstract for the 2017 journal article ''Are atheists undogmatic?'' published in the journal ''Personality and Individual Differences'' states:
:"Previous theory and evidence favor the idea that religious people tend to be dogmatic to some extent whereas non-religious people are undogmatic: the former firmly hold beliefs, some of which are implausible or even contrary to the real world evidence. We conducted a further critical investigation of this idea, distinguishing three aspects of rigidity: (1) self-reported dogmatism, defined as unjustified certainty vs. not standing for any beliefs, (2) intolerance of contradiction, measured through (low) endorsement of contradictory statements, and (3) low readiness to take a different from one's own perspective, measured through the myside bias technique. Non-believers, at least in Western countries where irreligion has become normative, should be lower on the first, but higher on the other two constructs. Data collected from three countries (UK, France, and Spain, total N = 788) and comparisons between Christians, atheists, and agnostics confirmed the expectations, with agnostics being overall similar to atheists."<ref>[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886917303070 ''Are atheists undogmatic?''], ''Personality and Individual Differences'', Filip Uzarevica, Vassilis Sarogloua, Magali Clobert, Volume 116, 1 October 2017, Pages 164-170</ref>
:"Previous theory and evidence favor the idea that religious people tend to be dogmatic to some extent whereas non-religious people are undogmatic: the former firmly hold beliefs, some of which are implausible or even contrary to the real world evidence. We conducted a further critical investigation of this idea, distinguishing three aspects of rigidity: (1) self-reported dogmatism, defined as unjustified certainty vs. not standing for any beliefs, (2) intolerance of contradiction, measured through (low) endorsement of contradictory statements, and (3) low readiness to take a different from one's own perspective, measured through the myside bias technique. Non-believers, at least in Western countries where irreligion has become normative, should be lower on the first, but higher on the other two constructs. Data collected from three countries (UK, France, and Spain, total N = 788) and comparisons between Christians, atheists, and agnostics confirmed the expectations, with agnostics being overall similar to atheists."<ref>[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886917303070 ''Are atheists undogmatic?''], ''Personality and Individual Differences'', Filip Uzarevica, Vassilis Sarogloua, Magali Clobert, Volume 116, 1 October 2017, Pages 164-170</ref>
A majority of the world's atheists are [[East Asia]]ns (see: [[Asian atheism]]). The journal article ''Deviance or Uniqueness, Harmony or Conformity? A Cultural Analysis'' published in the ''Journal of Personality and Social Psychology'' indicates: "In many East Asian cultural contexts, there is an abiding fear of being on one's own, of being separated or disconnected from the group; a desire for independence is cast as unnatural and immature (Markus & Kitayama, 1994)."<ref>Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1999. Vol. 77, No. 4, 785-800</ref> [[China]], which has [[state atheism]], is well-known for having a repressive regime that does not tolerate deviance from the ideology of the [[Chinese Communist Party]].
== New Atheism and open-mindedness ==
== New Atheism and open-mindedness ==