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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs

4762	The Humean theory of motivation is that beliefs may be motivators as well as desires [Engel]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs

4754	Our beliefs are meant to fit the world (i.e. be true), where we want the world to fit our desires [Engel]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / d. Cause of beliefs

4763	'Evidentialists' say, and 'voluntarists' deny, that we only believe on the basis of evidence [Engel]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

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The conclusions of speculative reason about necessities are certain [Aquinas]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 1. Perceptual Realism / b. Direct realism

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A knowing being possesses a further reality, the 'presence' of the thing known [Aquinas]