Accommodating unconscious beliefs
More often than not, theories of belief and of belief ascription restrict themselves to conscious beliefs, thus obliterating a vast part of our mental life and offering extremely incomplete, unrealistic theories. Indeed, conscious beliefs are the exception, not the rule, as far as human doxastic sta...
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
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| author | Luís M. Augusto |
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| description | More often than not, theories of belief and of belief ascription restrict themselves to conscious beliefs, thus obliterating a vast part of our mental life and offering extremely incomplete, unrealistic theories. Indeed, conscious beliefs are the exception, not the rule, as far as human doxastic states are concerned, and a naturalistic, realistic theory of knowledge that aspires to completeness has to take unconscious beliefs into consideration. This paper is the elaboration of such a theory of belief. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-201e662d383144b19b92870609eb7eaa2022-12-22T01:27:19ZdeuUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do NortePrincípios0104-86941983-21092011-05-011728129154908Accommodating unconscious beliefsLuís M. AugustoMore often than not, theories of belief and of belief ascription restrict themselves to conscious beliefs, thus obliterating a vast part of our mental life and offering extremely incomplete, unrealistic theories. Indeed, conscious beliefs are the exception, not the rule, as far as human doxastic states are concerned, and a naturalistic, realistic theory of knowledge that aspires to completeness has to take unconscious beliefs into consideration. This paper is the elaboration of such a theory of belief.https://periodicos.ufrn.br/principios/article/view/988 |
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| title | Accommodating unconscious beliefs |
| title_full | Accommodating unconscious beliefs |
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| title_short | Accommodating unconscious beliefs |
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| url | https://periodicos.ufrn.br/principios/article/view/988 |
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