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Single Idea 2735

[filed under theme 11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / e. Belief holism ]

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


The 9 ideas with the same theme [the context required for beliefs]:

Unlike Descartes' atomism, Spinoza held a holistic view of belief [Spinoza, by Schmid]
How do you distinguish three beliefs from four beliefs or two beliefs? [Quine]
The concept of belief can only derive from relationship to a speech community [Davidson]
A belief requires understanding the distinctions of true-and-false, and appearance-and-reality [Davidson]
Beliefs are part of a network, and also exist against a background [Searle]
Beliefs only make sense as part of a network of other beliefs [Searle]
You have to reaffirm all your beliefs when you make a logical inference [Harman]
How do you count beliefs? [Fodor]
Could you have a single belief on its own? [Audi,R]