Understanding Beliefs

by Nils J. Nilsson

Book Overview

What beliefs are, what they do for us, how we come to hold them, and how to evaluate them.

Our beliefs constitute a large part of our knowledge of the world. We have beliefs about objects, about culture, about the past, and about the future. We have beliefs about other people, and we believe that they have beliefs as well. We use beliefs to predict, to explain, to create, to console, to entertain. Some of our beliefs we call theories, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262526433
• ISBN13: 9780262526432
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.6" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher