Spinoza suggested that we first passively accept a proposition in the course of comprehending it, and only afterward actively disbelieve propositions which are rejected by consideration.
Some distinctions that might be relevant:
Parsing a proposition into your ontology, understanding its domains of applicability, implications, etc.
Having a sense of what it might be like for another person to believe the proposition, what things it implies about how they’re thinking, etc.
Thinking the proposition is true, believing its implications in the various domains its assumptions hold, etc.
If you ask me for what in my experience corresponds to a feeling of “passively accepting a proposition” when someone tells me, I think I’m doing a bunch of (1) and (2). This does feel like “accepting” or “taking in” the proposition, and can change how I see things if it works.
Some distinctions that might be relevant:
Parsing a proposition into your ontology, understanding its domains of applicability, implications, etc.
Having a sense of what it might be like for another person to believe the proposition, what things it implies about how they’re thinking, etc.
Thinking the proposition is true, believing its implications in the various domains its assumptions hold, etc.
If you ask me for what in my experience corresponds to a feeling of “passively accepting a proposition” when someone tells me, I think I’m doing a bunch of (1) and (2). This does feel like “accepting” or “taking in” the proposition, and can change how I see things if it works.