Doesn't this all take for granted that belief is something we have control over? I'm with Spinoza on this one. I don't think we control what we believe.
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Isn't there a spectrum? At its ends, belief or disbelief is compelled by the facts, but in the middle there is a grey area where we may be swayed by gut feelings, sentiment, or consequences.
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Your formulation seems backwards to me. I see beliefs as the product of tectonic psychological factors the vast majority of which we have no control over. Perceptions, gut feelings, and life experiences produce beliefs. Facts and reason are how we sell beliefs.
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Oh dear, this sounds too much like Postmodern/NewAgewoowoo "my reality / your reality" for me. Can we start with any universally agreed facts like "grass is green" (when watered and we agree what "grass" and "green" mean) and work out to beliefs from there?
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This is not really a conversation about epistemology. I’m simply pointing out that if we’re going to make moral claims about beliefs, we ought to have accurate definitions and evidence-based models for how they work.
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You seem to be assuming they all work the same way.
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