Idola specus
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Idola specus is Francis Bacon’s term for the cognitive biases and distortions that arise from an individual’s personal experiences, education, and temperament.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Idola specus canonical | 1 |
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cognitive bias category
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philosophical concept ⓘ term coined by Francis Bacon ⓘ |
| aimsToExplain | systematic errors in human understanding ⓘ |
| appliesTo | individual knowers ⓘ |
| coinedBy | Francis Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Idola fori
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Idola theatri ⓘ Idola tribus ⓘ |
| describedBy | Francis Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGoal | warning against subjective distortions in inquiry ⓘ |
| hasSource |
individual’s education
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individual’s personal experiences ⓘ individual’s temperament ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Platonic allegory of the cave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedInWork | Novum Organum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1620 ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Latin ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | idols of the cave ⓘ |
| partOf | Baconian theory of idols NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| refersTo |
cognitive biases arising from individual temperament
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cognitive distortions arising from education ⓘ cognitive distortions arising from habit ⓘ cognitive distortions arising from particular interests ⓘ cognitive distortions arising from personal experience ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
empiricism
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epistemology ⓘ scientific method ⓘ |
| subtypeOf |
idols of the mind
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individual cognitive bias ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
cognitive bias discussions
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history of philosophy ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ |
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