For the purposes of discussion here, yes, preference is a belief.
That’s a strange view to take. They’re extremely different things, with different properties. What is true is that they are highly entangled -- preferences must be grounded in beliefs to be effective, and changing beliefs can change actions just as much as changing preferences. But the ways in which this happen seem, in general, far less predictable.
That’s a strange view to take. They’re extremely different things, with different properties. What is true is that they are highly entangled -- preferences must be grounded in beliefs to be effective, and changing beliefs can change actions just as much as changing preferences. But the ways in which this happen seem, in general, far less predictable.