Ideas, beliefs, feelings, norms, and preferences can be elucidated/reformulated, ascertained/refuted, endorsed/eschewed, reinforced/depreciated, or specialized/coordinated, not just respectively but in many combinations. Typically all these distinctions are mixed together. Naming them with words whose meaning is already common knowledge might be necessary to cheaply draw attention to relevant distinctions. Otherwise it takes too long to frame the thought, at which point most people have already left the conversation.
Ideas, beliefs, feelings, norms, and preferences can be elucidated/reformulated, ascertained/refuted, endorsed/eschewed, reinforced/depreciated, or specialized/coordinated, not just respectively but in many combinations. Typically all these distinctions are mixed together. Naming them with words whose meaning is already common knowledge might be necessary to cheaply draw attention to relevant distinctions. Otherwise it takes too long to frame the thought, at which point most people have already left the conversation.