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Much of this book has been concerned with countering the common sense but misinformed suspicion that belief in conspiracy theories is irrational. As we have seen, the fact that some theory is a conspiracy theory is no reason to automatically assume it is false, or that it is irrational to consider it seriously.
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© 2014 Matthew Richard Xavier Xander Xanthias Xerxes Xanatos X Dracos Hieronymus Oliphant Ransome Dentith
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Dentith, M.R.X. (2014). The Inference to Any Old Explanation. In: The Philosophy of Conspiracy Theories. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137363169_10
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