Is that really a relevant phenomenon? Many of the beliefs I was thinking about (say your opinion on immigration) don’t affect real life choices at all, or at least not in a way that provides feedback on whether the belief was true.
Depends on the belief/claim in question. Agreed that many statements aren’t really “beliefs” in terms of propositional credence in expected experience, but really “positions” in terms of not-very-relevant discussions and debates.
Is that really a relevant phenomenon? Many of the beliefs I was thinking about (say your opinion on immigration) don’t affect real life choices at all, or at least not in a way that provides feedback on whether the belief was true.
Depends on the belief/claim in question. Agreed that many statements aren’t really “beliefs” in terms of propositional credence in expected experience, but really “positions” in terms of not-very-relevant discussions and debates.