Mind · Reasoning
Motivejump
Examine an argument before discussing the motives of whoever makes it
Definition
Mechanism
When an argument is disputed, its reasoning is examined before the motives of the person making it are raised. Motives may weigh on testimony, the claims taken on someone's word, through SourceEvaluate, but never on whether checkable reasoning holds.
Invariants
- The argument is examined before any motive is raised.
- A motive is never offered as a refutation of checkable reasoning.
Risks
Failure modes
Bulverism
an argument is assumed wrong and then explained by the speaker's motives.
Motive blindness
motives are ignored even when weighing testimony.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Incentive-aware evidence weighting
Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.
Reference