| 2076 | How can a belief exist if its object doesn't exist? [Plato] |
| 23359 | We can't believe apparent falsehoods, or deny apparent truths [Epictetus] |
| 20190 | Belief is not an intellectual state or act, because propositions are affirmed or denied by the will [Descartes, by Zagzebski] |
| 12574 | When two ideas agree in my mind, I cannot refuse to see and know it [Locke] |
| 3661 | 'Natural beliefs' are unavoidable, whatever our judgements [Hume, by Strawson,G] |
| 2213 | Beliefs are built up by resemblance, contiguity and causation [Hume] |
| 20189 | Belief is a feeling, independent of the will, which arises from uncontrolled and unknown causes [Hume] |
| 20945 | Belief is no more rational than is tasting and smelling [Hamann] |
| 5366 | We have an 'instinctive' belief in the external world, prior to all reflection [Russell] |
| 22328 | I just confront the evidence, and let it act on me [Ramsey] |
| 12651 | Some beliefs are only inferred when needed, like 'Shakespeare had not telephone' [Fodor] |
| 2715 | Beliefs are based on perception, memory, introspection or reason [Audi,R] |
| 20191 | Some beliefs are fairly voluntary, and others are not at all so [Zagzebski] |
| 6635 | Causal theories of belief make all beliefs true, and can't explain belief about the future [Lowe] |
| 4763 | 'Evidentialists' say, and 'voluntarists' deny, that we only believe on the basis of evidence [Engel] |