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Ideas for 'Unconscious Cerebral Initiative', 'Consciousness, Philosophy and Mathematics' and 'Thought'

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13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / b. Pro-externalism
People's reasons for belief are rarely conscious [Harman]
     Full Idea: The reasons for which people believe things are rarely conscious.
     From: Gilbert Harman (Thought [1973], 2.2)
     A reaction: Probably correct. The interesting bit is when they bring the beliefs into consciousness and scrutinise them rationally. Philosophers routinely overthrow their natural beliefs in this way.