Single Idea 2390

[catalogued under 11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs]

Full Idea

Belief is something of an explanatory construct: we attribute beliefs to others largely in order to explain their behaviour.

Gist of Idea

We attribute beliefs to people in order to explain their behaviour

Source

David J.Chalmers (The Conscious Mind [1996], 1.1.3)

Book Reference

Chalmers,David J.: 'The Conscious Mind' [OUP 1997], p.19