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8806 | The concepts of belief and truth are linked, since beliefs are meant to fit reality [Davidson] |
Full Idea: Knowing what a belief is brings with it the concept of objective truth, for the notion of a belief is the notion of a state that may or may not jibe with reality. | |
From: Donald Davidson (Coherence Theory of Truth and Knowledge [1983], p.162) | |
A reaction: I find any discussion of belief that makes no reference to truth (as in Hume) quite puzzling. I can understand it when a belief is just triggered by a sensation ('this is hot'), but not when a belief arrives after careful comparison of reasons. |