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	Review of Annelli Janssen's paper proposal \\
	Philosophy \& Cognition, Andreas van Cranenburgh, \\
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This paper proposes to give a treatment of cognitive dissonance in the light of
phenomenology. This seems to me a very interesting thing to do. The expected
conclusion is that they are compatible and can enrich each other.

Something which immediately struck me is the choice to use Merleau-Ponty and
Dreyfus, both anti-representationalists, while cognitive dissonance seems to
depend on representations --- from the proposal: ``dissonance arises when two
psychological representations are conflicting.'' This might be an obstacle in
connecting Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology and cognitive dissonance
straightforwardly. % Perhaps the insistence to deny representations can be explained through cognitive dissonance?

Moreover, by speaking of ``beliefs A and B'' it seems to be suggested that A
and B are propositions, which might exclude such things as emotions from
playing a role. For example it seems reasonable that the charisma of a cult
leader must somehow make up for people tolerating the bad things happening in
cults. On top of that, conflict is probably a more subtle phenomenon than
strict logical contradiction.

Phenomenology has given much attention to perception. Perhaps then it could be
useful to draw an analogy between conflicting ideas in cognitive dissonance and
illusions or hallucinations in perception.

To conclude, I think the topic is good and well connected to the course. Either
the expected conclusion will be reached, or a diagnosis of obstacles can be
formulated, which ensures that the paper has potential.

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