A prediction is a belief. But we're not getting anywhere just disagreeing about definitions. What is the consequence of a distinction between that whi...
I think there are subconscious aspects to our minds. It appears we have yet another disagreement over definitions. An example of contemporary use http...
That seems an odd leap to take. If a belief is a relation between a state of mind and a proposition, then it would seem, by definition, to require a m...
I'm not sure how to answer a question like "why" am j using some word or other. It's like asking why I use the word 'cup' to refer to the thing holdin...
Yeah, interesting. I suppose that's more true than it might at first seem if one considers social as well as economic power relationships. I do think ...
Virtually, yes. As @"baker" has said above... We might even say something like "I do believe it's going to rain" meaning nothing more than thinking it...
Probably, but it sounds simply tautological. Power is powerful. You could drop the 'argument' bit entirely. People are controlled in some way or anoth...
Well, yes. It's just that it doesn't carry the connotations of certainty you read from it. "I believe God exists" could equally mean one is a fervent ...
Surprising, but I'll take your word for it. It suggests nothing of the sort to me. American vs English usage perhaps? Yes. It really is separate, beca...
So... "Having studied the subject a bit, I believe that Democracy is the best form of government for the people that I know of, at least when it has a...
What may be useful (covering both this issue and the OP topic) is if you provide the modus tollens you think I've failed to process properly. We can b...
The disagreement is about what is rational. It's about whether I have or have not stuck to those rules you mention. It's about whether I have or have ...
It seems that way, but I'm still not sure what your conception is. Can you make sense of, for example... "I believe the keys are in the car, but I mig...
Yes, you're absolutely right. One of the main criticisms of the model-based approach is that it is too representational, but I do think that critique ...
But how would you know they actually believed in pro-life/pro-choice beforehand...if they committed no action 'as if' they did? On the contrary, socia...
How would you know? Odd that you should think that. My main field of research was the social construction of beliefs. What have I said that makes you ...
There is. You used Biden's statement as evidence of America's intent. You disbelieved Putin's statement (and Lavrov's earlier) deciding that only an a...
Ha! Yes, the abject (and worsening) failure of the project to get people to think more rationally by using rational argument. Was it Mark Twain who sa...
No it isn't. I've understood then other than that. So have many others. That you personally find it difficult is the result of your particular biases ...
Exactly. That we can say "you're being irrational about this!" entails that it is possible not to be rational. How would one render irrational beliefs...
See @"Banno"'s example here . It gets closer to what I'm saying. A belief is not simply a mental state alone - mental states on their own are just sna...
And if we disagree about those judgements? Right. And I disagree that those rules have been broken (by my claims). I think they have been broken by yo...
To force regime change, yes. 'De-nazify' doesn't "literally" mean 'force regime change' any more than it "literally" means 'take over'. It "literally"...
Then I don't really see the conflict with what @"Banno" is saying. If "feel certain" is just another way of saying "believe", perhaps wanting to empha...
The poor sods the two 'evils' get to do their fighting for them. The Innocents caught in the crossfire, or deliberately targeted. The poor, who inevit...
No Putin has never, ever said that he wants to occupy Ukraine. You've assumed it. I don't object to you surmising or estimating someone's motives from...
Therefore we ought to stop looking at potential solutions presented by one of these 'sides' as if they were beneficent manna from heaven with no downs...
Yeah, this turn of events from @"Janus" has surprised me too. I've never heard of "I believe" being equated with "I'm certain", it seemed out of the b...
Yep. The most rational position to take with regard to Biden's planned, official announcements seems to be to assume every single one of them is a lie...
I agree. The point I was making was that absolutely every single solution to that problem will be ideologically driven. If we want to feed the 7 billi...
The level of servility in those latest remarks of his surprised me even at this stage... Since when did "Biden says..." become part of any argument ab...
I'm not going to hand-hold you through the argument. If you can't remember where we are, that's your loss. I asked about methods for determining ideas...
So you first imply that Russia are late to the negotiating table, then that no position they might come with is reasonable anyway. If control of anti-...
As opposed to what? There's no default position on how the world ought to be from which a concept of 'back-to-nature' might be an ideological deviatio...
You mean more of a way than just directly saying it? It's laughable the way you try and present this as if we're all waiting with baited breath for Ru...
Unavoidable, I think. As I've said before (only a little tongue in cheek) most epistemological theories are just various attempts to find a 'bigger st...
I see. I thought your response to the OP was a good summary of why it's mistaken, but I didn't see where 'truth' came in - hence the query. I am as ba...
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