The Nature of Belief
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 18 June 2026
- ISBN 9780197744208
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages384 pages
- Size 243x165x29 mm
- Weight 689 g
- Language English 700
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Short description:
"Belief" refers to the attitude one takes whenever they regard something as true. While forming beliefs is one of the most basic and important features of the human mind, there is little agreement on its true essence. This collection of essays by leading philosophers explores different viewpoints on the topic.
MoreLong description:
Forming beliefs is one of the most basic and important features of the mind. While philosophers generally use the term "belief" to refer to human attitude when one takes something to be the case or regards it as true, both within and beyond the field alike, there is little agreement on the true nature of belief itself. Are beliefs simply representations stored in the mind? Is believing in something a matter of being disposed to act -- and to react -- in a particular pattern of ways? When we ascribe a "belief" to someone, are we not merely describing them, but applying some type of evaluative standard to them? If yes, what is that standard, and what might it signify?
In The Nature of Belief, leading philosophers begin to address these questions and others concerning the nature of belief, interrogating the concept from a variety of conflicting ideologies and perspectives. This collection of fresh, insightful essays addresses pressing philosophical issues such as causal history, representational structure, correctness conditions, availability to consciousness, responsiveness to evidence, situational stability, and resistance to volitional change. The featured contributors also address how belief differs across related mental states, such as acceptance, imagination, assumption, judgment, credence, faith, and bias, offering groundbreaking analyses of a diverse range of critical viewpoints.
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: The Nature of Belief
Three Theories of Belief
Beliefs as Self-Verifying Fictions
Lack of Attitude
In Defense of Ontic Austerity for Belief
Belief: Dumb, Cold, and Cynical
A Minimalist Threshold for Epistemically Irrational Beliefs
Why Think That Belief Is Evidence-Responsive?
Belief as Commitment to the Truth
Cognitive Architectures, Kinds, and Belief
Belief as a Feeling of Conviction
Translucent Beliefs
Dispositionalism, Yay! Representationalism, Boo!
A Planning Theory of Incoherence in Belief
The Nature of Believing
The Trinity and the Light Switch: Two Faces of Belief
