TYL: So8res is using the word “beliefs” in a slightly idiosyncratic way, to refer to things one simply treats as true and as fit subjects for logical rather than probabilistic inference.
I’m not sure this is idiosyncratic. As far as I can tell this is one of the most common colloquial meanings of beliefs.
Hmm, maybe. I’d have thought most people would say something is a “belief” if you assign it (say) 80% probability and act accordingly, but perhaps I’m wrong.
I’d have thought most people would say something is a “belief” if you assign it (say) 80% probability and act accordingly
They also do that. “Believe” can mean both “confident of” and “somewhat doubtful of”. The former contrasts the state of mind with ignorance, the latter with knowledge.
I’m not sure this is idiosyncratic. As far as I can tell this is one of the most common colloquial meanings of beliefs.
Hmm, maybe. I’d have thought most people would say something is a “belief” if you assign it (say) 80% probability and act accordingly, but perhaps I’m wrong.
They also do that. “Believe” can mean both “confident of” and “somewhat doubtful of”. The former contrasts the state of mind with ignorance, the latter with knowledge.
In which case, it isn’t true that according to their usage rationalists are supposed not to have beliefs.