Without getting to the bottom of it, the distinction seems to be that the beliefs you’re describing can be ‘candidates’ to be official beliefs (with enough evidence), while Gendler’s ‘aliefs’ are basically emotional reactions that might lead to a belief, but it’s content is not intellectual by itself. It’s a thin line though.
Without getting to the bottom of it, the distinction seems to be that the beliefs you’re describing can be ‘candidates’ to be official beliefs (with enough evidence), while Gendler’s ‘aliefs’ are basically emotional reactions that might lead to a belief, but it’s content is not intellectual by itself. It’s a thin line though.