Belief

Belief in the psychological sense, is a representational mental state that takes the form of a propositional attitude. In the religious sense, "belief" refers to a part of a wider spiritual or moral foundation, generally called faith; historically generated by a groups need to provide a functionally valid foundation to sustain them. The generally accepted faiths usually note that when oppressive states are generated by the it being exercised, and not a fact of reality, it was in need of more revelation or clarification.

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Psychological - Mental state - Propositional attitude - Religious - Spiritual - Moral - Faith - Revelation

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Belief is considered propositional in that it is an assertion, claim or expectation about reality that is presumed to be either true or false (even if this cannot be practically determined, such as a belief in the existence of a particular deity).

Related Topics:
Reality - Deity

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Historically, philosophical attempts to analyze the nature of belief have been couched in terms of judgement. David Hume and Immanuel Kant are both particularly well known for their analyses using this framework.

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Philosophical - Judgement - David Hume - Immanuel Kant

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