Look up: belief

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   belief
   [n] - any cognitive content held as true
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   belief
   Assent to the truth of propositions, statements, or facts. In philosophy, belief that something is the case is contrasted with knowledge, because we only say we believe that something is the case...
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   Belief
   Be·lief' noun [ Middle English bileafe , bileve ; confer Anglo-Saxon geleáfa . See Believe .] 1. Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; con ...
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   belief
   1. Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses. 'Beli ...
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   belief
   noun any cognitive content held as true
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   Belief
   `Belief` is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise (argument) to be true without necessarily being able to adequately prove its main contention to other people who may or may not agree.
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   Belief
   • (n.) Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our sens...
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   belief
   a mental attitude of acceptance or assent toward a proposition without the full intellectual knowledge required to guarantee its truth. Believing is ... [8 related articles]
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   belief
   belief 1. The mental act, condition, or habit of placing trust or confidence in another person: 'My belief in her trust is as strong as ever.' 2. Mental acceptance of and conviction in the truth, actuality, or validity of something. 3. Something believed or accepted as true; especially, a particular tenet or a body of tenets or teachings that are accep...
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    belief
    
    1. any cognitive content held as true
    2. a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
    3. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
    
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    Belief
    An estimate of the probability that something is true.
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    belief
    belief, in philosophy, commitment to something, involving intellectual assent. Philosophers have disagreed as to whether belief is active or passive; René Descartes held that it is a matter of will, while David Hume thought that it was an emotional commitment, and C. S. Peirce considered it a...
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    Belief
    Acquiescence in the existence of objects (e.g. external things, other minds, God, etc.) or assent to the truth of propositions (e.g. scientific, moral, aesthetic, or metaphysical statements). The belief in objects is frequently immediate and non-inferential; the belief in propositions usually rests on reflection and inference.Theories of belief ma...
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