Tolerating Conflict: A Social Neuroscience Perspective on Tolerance and Wise Reasoning

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Nash, Kyle

• SSHRC IDG awarded 2020: In this proposal, I integrate thinking from political science, philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience to explore one reason why these divides continue to deepen and how they may be bridged. I will examine liberals and conservatives to demonstrate that seeking tolerance involves conflict and prompts a backlash unless conflict can be reduced by self­ distancing. Specifically, I propose three experiments that more directly measure conflict using electroencephalography (EEG) and will achieve three aims. Study 1 will demonstrate that tolerance can cause conflict for both liberals and conservatives. Study 2 will demonstrate that conflict from tolerance leads to increased political division. Study 3 will demonstrate self­ distancing can reduce conflict from tolerance and reduce political division.

• Date created

  2020-02-01

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Insight Development Grant
  • IDG
  • SSHRC
  • Social Psychology
  • Personality
  • Politics
  • Government
  • Immigration
  • Tolerance
  • Self Distancing
  • Conflict
  • Canada

• Type of Item

  Research Material

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-efh2-9g79

• License

  ©️Nash, Kyle. All rights reserved other than by permission. This document embargoed to those without UAlberta CCID until 2024.