Hidden Claim - Donnell | Street Epistemology

Donnell and David experiment with Hidden Claim SE to explore Donnell's confidence in Donnell's hidden claim during the Sound Epistemology Adventure Tour. To support the tour, donate here:
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Street Epistemology is a civil way to explore the quality of one’s reasoning.
Street Epistemology is also a movement that encourages our communities to engage in this exercise with each other and with ourselves.
Hidden Claim:
Recommendations for Hidden Claim SE beyond the normal ones:
Have the person write it down so it doesn’t fluctuate throughout the conversation. We want them to update their conclusions if they feel like it’s warranted, but for the purpose of the exercise, it’s recommended that they stick to it and reflect afterwards.
It sometimes seems to help if the claim is a statement about the world we share. This avoids claims about personal preferences and this step can actually generate a great exploration about objective reality.
It’s recommended that the conclusion is meaningful to them. The more meaningful the topic, the more meaningful the interview is likely to be.
It’s recommended that the conclusion they hold affects their behavior. It’s more impactful that way. I’m not that interested in claims that don’t affect their behavior.
It’s recommended that they form the claim in a positive form to avoid double negatives and confidence scale clarity. Example: “The grass is green.” (positive) instead of “The grass is not red.” (negative)
It’s recommended that the IL is open to changing their mind about it if they find out their reasons/verification methods are insufficient/unreliable to their own standards. This can also generate a great conversation.
I recommend informing them that their claim can be specific but the main reason should be very general. One example might be, instead of quoting a specific scripture in their holy book as their main reason, encourage them to be more general by saying something like, “scripture”.
Make sure to tell them that the idea is not for you to be able to guess the claim. The purpose is for them to reflect on their epistemology. It’s all about them.
Advantages of Hidden Claim:
* It focuses on the IL’s epistemology
* It lowers the likelihood that I insert my views and biases
* The IL understands that I don’t know the claim which allows them to think more openly without the need to get defensive
* It can lower the anxieties of both ILs
* The tendency to bloviate is lower
* It forces the IL to think about the claim, reasons, and epistemology in ways they may not have before
* It’s disarming
* It achieves the goals while avoiding some common pitfalls
* It offers new ideas for SEPs open to improving their SE
* The claim can be kept confidential
* It can be done with many people at once
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[@LogicalKip]

Best SE question yet : do you want to go to the restroom ?
Great convo, I loved his take about how he doesn't even know where his words are coming from. The power of SE.

[@mileskeller5244]

Great job

[@gargelblast]

Thank you for this fantastic interview! To the outside observer, the attempts to highlight one's own beliefs as special, which is obviously correct, seem so obviously illogical, I wonder where I exhibit the same behavior. Great how you pick him up where he stands. And Donnell is great in his honest and open way.

[@cliffsheets73]

I'm about 11 minutes into this video and this was the second of your videos that I'm on. Not sure if this is the same format you are using and plan to use in future videos, but it's a bit rough and could use more editing so it doesn't drag. Also, the guy wrote something down without telling you what it is to prevent your bias from affecting your questions. That's fine, but in post, I think you should caption what he writes on the screen.

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Hi, thanks for watching and leaving feedback. I invite you to check out the description in the hidden claim videos to get insight into the purpose of this process. Admittedly, the long pauses are not entertaining for our quick, cat video culture, but that’s precisely the sign of deep thought, which is what we’re aiming for. And we’re trying to focus not on what the claim is (what they wrote down), but how they justify their confidence in the claim being true and the reasoning that supports it. If you know what to look for, it can be a fascinating process to watch. Hope that helps.