For those looking for a way to talk about this with outsiders, I’d propose “unconditional beliefs” as a decent synonym that most people will intuitively understand.
“Do you hold X as an unconditional belief?”
“What do you mean unconditional belief?”
“A thought that doesn’t really change even when you see stuff that should change it. Like fearing dogs even after seeing lots of cute dogs”
For those looking for a way to talk about this with outsiders, I’d propose “unconditional beliefs” as a decent synonym that most people will intuitively understand.
“Do you hold X as an unconditional belief?”
“What do you mean unconditional belief?”
“A thought that doesn’t really change even when you see stuff that should change it. Like fearing dogs even after seeing lots of cute dogs”