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The Nature of Belief.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis-Jong, Jonathan.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (385 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2026.
- Summary:
- "Belief" refers to the attitude one takes whenever they regard something as true. While forming beliefs is one of the most basic and important features of the human mind, there is little agreement on its true essence. This collection of essays by leading philosophers explores different viewpoints on the topic.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: The Nature of Belief
- 1 Three Theories of Belief
- 2 Beliefs as Self-Verifying Fictions
- 3 Lack of Attitude
- 4 In Defense of Ontic Austerity for Belief
- 5 Belief: Dumb, Cold, and Cynical
- 6 A Minimalist Threshold for Epistemically Irrational Beliefs
- 7 Why Think That Belief Is Evidence-Responsive?
- 8 Belief as Commitment to the Truth
- 9 Cognitive Architectures, Kinds, and Belief
- 10 Belief as a Feeling of Conviction
- 11 Translucent Beliefs
- 12 Dispositionalism, Yay! Representationalism, Boo!
- 13 A Planning Theory of Incoherence in Belief
- 14 The Nature of Believing
- 15 The Trinity and the Light Switch: Two Faces of Belief.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-774421-4
- 0-19-774423-0
- 9780197744215
- OCLC:
- 1574450698
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