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.

See also

• Delusion
• Faith
• Folk psychology
• Gettier problem
• Moore's paradox
• Propositional attitude
• Propositional knowledge
• Religion
• Self-deception
• Spirituality
• Truth