Belief policies / Paul Helm.
Belief policies / Paul Helm.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Date
1994.
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N121.6/10
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English
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xiii, 226 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. Belief, knowledge, and norm -- 2. Belief and the will -- 3. The idea of a belief-policy -- 4. Belief-policies: some alternatives -- 5. Which belief-policy? -- 6. Belief, weakness of will and self-deception -- 7. Responsibility for belief and toleration -- 8. Fideism.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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England
Date Published
1994.
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How do we form and modify our beliefs about the world? It is widely accepted that what we believe is determined by evidence, and is therefore not directly under our control; but according to what criteria is the credibility of the evidence established? Professor Helm argues that no theory of knowledge is complete without standards for accepting and...
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Belief policies / Paul Helm.
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Cambridge studies in philosophy.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-222) and index.
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N121.6/10
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74VKOpxRO8kO
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ISBN
052146028X (hardback)
DDC
121.6
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991022392989702626
