more from this thinker | more from this text
Full Idea
The reasons for which people believe things are rarely conscious.
Gist of Idea
People's reasons for belief are rarely conscious
Source
Gilbert Harman (Thought [1973], 2.2)
Book Ref
Harman,Gilbert: 'Thought' [Princeton 1977], p.28
A Reaction
Probably correct. The interesting bit is when they bring the beliefs into consciousness and scrutinise them rationally. Philosophers routinely overthrow their natural beliefs in this way.
18260 | If we knew what we know, we would be astonished [Kant] |
3074 | People's reasons for belief are rarely conscious [Harman] |
8832 | If justified beliefs are well-formed beliefs, then animals and young children have them [Goldman] |
19506 | Externalism is better than internalism in dealing with radical scepticism [Pritchard,D] |
19709 | Internalism in epistemology over-emphasises deliberation about beliefs [Vahid] |