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- W2488338510 abstract "Most beliefs have a point. This is a commonplace observation about beliefs, but it hides much that is philosophically problematic, and it is surprising that philosophers have left this aspect of believing largely unattended. The point of a belief consists of its implications, not implications about the truth or falsity of other propositions which follow from it but implications about what believing in it amounts to. The point of a belief is what one adheres to when one abides by a belief, or what one follows when one accepts its truth. To take a familiar example, one abides by the belief that nature is uniform by treating natural phenomena as instances of lawlike regularities. Conforming one’s expectations to this pattern of explanation is what believing in the truth of the principle amounts to. Similarly, we abide by the belief in the unconscious by explaining human behaviour in terms of motives of which the agents themselves are unaware. The belief suggests this novel form of explanation, and we follow this pattern in keeping to its point. No doubt these examples are oversimplified. There may be more than one aspect to a belief’s point, and a belief might have to be considered in relation to other beliefs before its point becomes clear. But at least the examples show us that there are beliefs that we do not understand unless we realise that their affirmation entails a corresponding reorganisation in our thinking.KeywordsReligious BeliefMoral CommitmentMetaphysical RealismReligious LanguageFalse DichotomyThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves." @default.
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- W2488338510 title "Religious Beliefs, Their Point and Their Reference" @default.
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