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Full Idea
Could one have just a single belief?
Gist of Idea
Could you have a single belief on its own?
Source
Robert Audi (Epistemology: contemporary introduction [1998], VII p.198)
Book Ref
Audi,Robert: 'Epistemology: a contemporary introduction' [Routledge 1998], p.198
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