NounSingular belief Plural beliefs belief (plural beliefs)
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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. The relationship between belief and knowledge is subtle. Believers in a claim typically say that they know that claim. For instance, those who believe that the Sun is a god will often report that they know that the Sun is a god. However, the terms belief and knowledge are used differently by philosophers. It is a telling point concerning the nature of belief that most people distinguish between what they know and what they believe, even though they consider both kinds of statements to be true. Epistemology is the philosophical study of knowledge and belief. The primary problem in epistemology is to understand exactly what is needed in order for us to have knowledge. In a notion derived from Plato's dialogue Theaetetus, philosophy has traditionally defined knowledge as justified true belief. The relationship between belief and knowledge is that a belief is knowledge if the belief is true, and if the believer has a justification (reasonable and necessarily plausible assertions/evidence/guidance) for believing it is true. A false belief is not considered to be knowledge, even if it is sincere. A sincere believer in the flat earth theory does not know that the Earth is flat. Similarly, a truth that nobody believes is not knowledge, because in order to be knowledge, there must be some person who knows it. Later epistemologists have questioned the "justified true belief" definition, and some philosophers have questioned whether "belief" is a useful notion at all. Beliefs are the assumptions we make about ourselves, about others in the world and about how we expect things to be. Beliefs are also how we think things really are. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What is our present belief system on dark matter, dark energy, red shift and blue shift as well as the possibl? Q. What is our present belief system on dark matter, dark energy, red shift and blue shift as well as the possible fates of our universe? How has it changed over the past few years? Asked by HAHA NO - Tue Jun 16 23:32:33 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. The current belief to my knowledge is there is enough matter in the universe for continued expansion. The red shifting is from galaxies moving away and all of them are still receding from us so its pretty conclusive that the universe is expanding. I think if you do some research on the hubble telescope you might find some interesting discoveries. I recall reading a few topics on it but it was ages ago. I couldnt be definitive on the subject but I think most think there is plenty of dark matter to account for the continued expansion of the universe. Take this conclusion with a grain of salt. I am not up on the dark matter question. I know of the topic but have done little research on it sorry. I think its interesting… [cont.] Answered by D g - Tue Jun 16 23:48:10 2009 Is it delusional to think that your belief is best for everyone? Q. Do you think that someone else's belief makes them inherently inferior if they are different from yours? I feel like religion is institutionalized lunacy, designed to be a conservative force in the world to hamper our intellectual evolution. You can enjoy your higher power as much as you want, it is not wrong. It's just not for me. Asked by CATheist - Tue Dec 2 12:19:16 2008 - - 29 Answers - 0 Comments A. Religion is institutionalized lunacy. Now that my friends is Gold! Answered by Spunky - Tue Dec 2 12:24:05 2008 Do u agree with the belief that if the westerners who gave culture and civilization to asians?
Q. Do u agree with the belief that if the westerners who gave culture and civilization to asians? Asked by kimmy_cute - Thu Feb 26 05:31:42 2009 - - 11 Answers - 0 Comments A. Absolutely not! Human civilisations started in Asia and Africa - China, India, Mesopotamia and Egypt. It's true that the modern Westerners have developed more than Asians in economy, state-of-the-art-technolo gy, medicine, etc. But they have adopted all the basic theories from Asians. They had been using the impractical Roman numerals until the Arabs handed the Arabic numerals invented in India to the Europeans. And what about the compass, gunpowder, paper etc invented by Chinese? They were still using parchment (sheepskin) to write on in the Middle Ages, while ancient Chinese had already started using paper. But the Western imperialists colonised Asia and it became a turning point. They were able to develop their economy making use of… [cont.] Answered by Justin - Thu Feb 26 06:46:58 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "belief"  news.google.com Independent Sandra Bullock plays against type as a hard-as-nails publisher whose charmless control-freak ways have secured her place as the office monster. ... and more » news.google.com Woodbury Bulletin It was so interesting to see that there actually are magazines that are very open minded, and allow people to learn about different belief systems, he ... news.google.com Washington Post The second area is how to respond when passing comments are made that imply a belief in a god, as if one were discussing the weather, such as "He's in a ... and more » From Google News Search: "belief"  filesportal.ru 500px x 357px | 78.70kB [source page] Belief and Betrayal From Yahoo Image Search: "belief"  pjhlaw.co.uk Sarah hu, 23 Jul 2009 16:20:46 GM philosophical . belief. , religion or . belief. , discrimination, meaning of philosophical . belief. .  astroscounty.com The Constable. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:35:00 GM I think we have the same energy and the same . belief. as when I played for Oakland. It happened last year, and I hope we can do it again this year. Levine notes that Oakland won 102 games in 2002, and went 63-18 in the second half. ...  gssq.blogspot.com Agagooga Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:19:00 GM "The . belief. in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness." - Joseph Conrad *** Someone on web filtering at the office: well there is hope yet the green dam fell ... From Google Blog Search: "belief" Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true. Sourced
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