Full Idea
Direct psychological voluntarism about beliefs seems to be false, but we can have an indirect voluntary control on many of our beliefs, by manipulating the states in us that are involuntary and which lead to certain beliefs.
Gist of Idea
We cannot directly control our beliefs, but we can control the causes of our involuntary beliefs
Source
Pascal Engel (Truth [2002], §5.2)
Book Reference
Engel,Pascal: 'Truth' [Acumen 2002], p.134
A Reaction
Very nice! This points two ways - to scientific experiments, which can have compelling outcomes (see Fodor), and to brain-washing, and especially auto-brainwashing (only reading articles which support your favourites theories). What magazines do you take?