Mind projection fallacy

Mind projection fallacy

Mind projection fallacy, as coined by physicist and bayesian philosopher E.T. Jaynes, occurs when one takes for sure that the way he sees the world reflects the way the world really is, going as far as assuming the real existence of imagined objects. Another form of the fallacy is when one assumes his own lack of knowledge about how the things really are as meaning that things are indeterminate.

Jaynes [1]used of this concept to argue against Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics.

Notes and references

  1. ^ Jaynes, E. T. (1989). "Clearing up Mysteries--The Original Goal". Maximum Entropy and Bayesian Methods: 7. http://bayes.wustl.edu/etj/articles/cmystery.pdf. 

References

E. T. JAYNES (1989). "PROBABILITY THEORY AS LOGIC" (PDF). Ninth Annual Workshop on Maximum Entropy and Bayesian Methods,. http://bayes.wustl.edu/etj/articles/prob.as.logic.pdf. Retrieved 2011-05-19. 


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