Combining Texts
Ideas for
'The Fixation of Belief', '01: Book of Genesis' and 'Enquiry Conc Human Understanding'
expand these ideas
|
start again
|
choose
another area for these texts
display all the ideas for this combination of texts
9 ideas
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs
|
2209
|
Belief is stronger, clearer and steadier than imagination [Hume]
|
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / b. Elements of beliefs
|
2207
|
Belief can't be a concept plus an idea, or we could add the idea to fictions [Hume]
|
|
2208
|
Belief is just a particular feeling attached to ideas of objects [Hume]
|
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs
|
6940
|
The feeling of belief shows a habit which will determine our actions [Peirce]
|
|
6941
|
We are entirely satisfied with a firm belief, even if it is false [Peirce]
|
|
6942
|
We want true beliefs, but obviously we think our beliefs are true [Peirce]
|
|
6943
|
A mere question does not stimulate a struggle for belief; there must be a real doubt [Peirce]
|
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / d. Cause of beliefs
|
3661
|
'Natural beliefs' are unavoidable, whatever our judgements [Hume, by Strawson,G]
|
|
2213
|
Beliefs are built up by resemblance, contiguity and causation [Hume]
|