In everyday life, “notion” implies low-confidence. Often derogatory—low-confidence for the speaker, and a further implication that the holder/object of discussion doesn’t even have the idea of confidence.
You might just use “proposition” or “claim” to mean the specific thing that a probability belief applies to.
In everyday life, “notion” implies low-confidence. Often derogatory—low-confidence for the speaker, and a further implication that the holder/object of discussion doesn’t even have the idea of confidence.
You might just use “proposition” or “claim” to mean the specific thing that a probability belief applies to.
True, but it seems the meaning I’m using it for is primary: