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The polyphony principle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2022

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Bree Beal*
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Psychology and Interdisciplinary Sciences (PAIS) Building, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA BreeLBeal@gmail.com https://www.bree-beal.com/
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Abstract

Bermúdez's “rational framing effects” are consequences of a counterintuitive phenomenon that I call “normative polyphony”: the reality that a single action may, with logical consistency, sustain diverse positive and negative judgments. I show that normative polyphony emerges from “ontological polyphony” – that is, diverse possible framings of relevant details – and illustrate this “polyphony principle” through a reading of Dostoevsky's (1993) Crime and Punishment.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e222
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