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Ideas for 'Phenomenalism', 'Animal Rights and Wrongs' and 'Naturalizing the Mind'

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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs
Belief is the power of metarepresentation [Dretske]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / b. Elements of beliefs
Having beliefs involves recognition, expectation and surprise [Scruton]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / f. Animal beliefs
A mouse hearing a piano played does not believe it, because it lacks concepts and understanding [Dretske]
If an animal has beliefs, that implies not only that it can make mistakes, but that it can learn from them [Scruton]