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Can recalcitrant desires be reduced to contradictory beliefs, or do they reveal something non-cognitive about desire?
In his paper Why Desires are Not Beliefs, Michiel Esseling critically engages with Alex Gregory’s “Desire-as-Belief” (DAB) thesis the view that desires are a subset of beliefs, namely, beliefs about ...
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Are there writings on a similar thought about impetus being more primary than reason?
In my search for a deductive epistemology, attempting to reduce bias and presupposition regarding foundational questions for the purpose of rationally comparing and contrasting core belief systems (...
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Is there a moral component to rational belief?
One fairly effective atheist argument against some forms of Christianity is the unfairness of a God who would condemn people to eternal hell for harboring rational doubts about his existence. "...
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Why do folks believe in free will despite no philosophical proof?
There isn't a single, universally accepted philosophical proof of free will. However, the majority of modern people believe in it. It raises other questions. How can a philosophical position reconcile ...
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Is there an objective answer to the question, "Does God exist"? [closed]
In this context, “God" is intended to mean a divine reality, regardless of any description thereof.
At first glance, this question may seem overly familiar or sufficiently exhausted. But wait—I ...
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Can evidence with Bayesian reasoning change your priors?
My question is not about whether your prior beliefs should change to new beliefs under Bayesian reasoning, which is an obvious "yes." Rather, what I mean is: is there room in Bayesian ...
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How can I establish what I believe, without reflecting on what to believe? [closed]
How can I establish what I believe, without reflecting on what to believe? Question may sound nonsense, but it is germane to my mental life, not a means to confuse myself, unless the answer is ...
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Non-aristotelian logics for philosophers (references request)
Totally layman in logic and philosophy of logic question here.
I am interested in logics that can handle emotions and beliefs. I can't put it much more crearly than this: In real life, it's possible ...
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Why do most philosophers of religion believe in God? [closed]
When philosophers at large are surveyed, we observe this distribution:
N = 1771 (source)
But when we filter by area of specialization (AOS) = philosophy of religion, we observe this distribution ...
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Can healthy adult human beings live life without "beliefs" or "leaps of faith"?
There is a very insightful discussion on epistemological pluralism available at Is it epistemologically self-consistent to use the scientific method to justify some beliefs and non-scientific ...
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Is it possible to justify differing confidences in our beliefs? [closed]
We all feel more confident in certain things more than others. For example, we may feel more confident that “the sun will rise tomorrow” than “I will die tomorrow.”
But how does one (or does it even ...
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Is it irrational to assign a probability to a metaphysical proposition? [closed]
One of the responses to Pascal’s Wager is that it may be meaningless to assign a probability to a certain metaphysical proposition such as God’s existence.
In this post about the assignment of ...
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What would it take for an AI to have beliefs?
This question is motivated by @Lowri's comment here:
And ChatGPT doesn't "rebut" anything. It just produces words. It doesn't believe those words. It doesn't think those words are true.
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Is any fictional knowledge purely a priori knowledge?
I suppose the alternative is that fictional knowledge is empirical.
Currently I’m thinking fictional knowledge is an important issue regarding the debate surrounding a priori vs a posteriori knowledge....
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Are we epistemically inclined to believe whatever we want in philosophy? [duplicate]
By any belief, I of course do still mean beliefs that are internally consistent, since it would obviously make no sense to believe in square triangles.
As per wikipedia,
In epistemology, the ...
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