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Single Idea 14875
[filed under theme 11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs
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Full Idea
The human being starts to believe when he ceases to know. …Knowledge is not as important for the welfare of human beings as is belief.
Gist of Idea
Belief matters more than knowledge, and only begins when knowledge ceases
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1872-74 [1873], 21 [13])
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Unpublished of 'Unfashionable Obs' period (v 11)', ed/tr. Gray,Richard T. [Stanford 1995], p.104
A Reaction
The first idea is now associated with Williamson (and Hossack). The second is something like the pragmatic view of belief espoused by Ramsey.
Related Ideas
Idea 3212
Beliefs are maps by which we steer [Ramsey]
Idea 4760
Belief aims at knowledge (rather than truth), and mere believing is a kind of botched knowing [Williamson]
The
28 ideas
with the same theme
[mental state aiming at truth (Gk. doxa)]:
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3605
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We can believe a thing without knowing we believe it
[Descartes]
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2209
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Belief is stronger, clearer and steadier than imagination
[Hume]
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5634
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Opinion is subjectively and objectively insufficient; belief is subjective but not objective; knowledge is both
[Kant]
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14875
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Belief matters more than knowledge, and only begins when knowledge ceases
[Nietzsche]
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5937
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The goodness of opinions depends on their grounds, and corresponding degrees of conviction
[Ross]
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13592
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Beliefs can be ascribed to machines
[Quine]
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5309
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Beliefs are really enabling mechanisms for survival
[Wilson,EO]
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3743
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We can't contemplate our beliefs until we have expressed them
[O'Connor]
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3748
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Without language our beliefs are particular and present
[O'Connor]
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11145
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Having a belief involves the possibility of being mistaken
[Davidson]
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5806
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Belief is the power of metarepresentation
[Dretske]
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3872
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We must assess the truth of beliefs in identifying them
[Newton-Smith]
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16392
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A content is a property, and believing it is self-ascribing that property
[Lewis, by Recanati]
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12899
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The timid student has knowledge without belief, lacking confidence in their correct answer
[Lewis]
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8808
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Involuntary beliefs can still be evaluated
[Feldman/Conee]
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12583
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Belief truth-conditions are normal circumstances where the belief is supposed to occur
[Papineau]
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3591
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We could never pin down how many beliefs we have
[Williams,M]
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12582
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The function of beliefs is to produce beliefs-that-p when p
[Millikan]
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2986
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Belief is the most important propositional attitude
[Lyons]
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4096
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Maybe beliefs don't need to be conscious, if you are not conscious of the beliefs guiding your actions
[Crane]
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4097
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Maybe there are two kinds of belief - 'de re' beliefs and 'de dicto' beliefs
[Crane]
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2390
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We attribute beliefs to people in order to explain their behaviour
[Chalmers]
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19743
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A notebook counts as memory, if is available to consciousness and guides our actions
[Clark/Chalmers]
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10337
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We can have knowledge without belief, if others credit us with knowledge
[Kusch]
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4762
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The Humean theory of motivation is that beliefs may be motivators as well as desires
[Engel]
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23551
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It is necessary for a belief that it be held for a length of time
[Fricker,M]
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19696
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There are reasons 'for which' a belief is held, reasons 'why' it is believed, and reasons 'to' believe it
[Neta]
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19697
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The basing relation of a reason to a belief should both support and explain the belief
[Neta]
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