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Belief Policies

By Paul Helm

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1994
ISBN
052146028X, 9780521460286
LCC
BD215 .H439 1994
Open Library ID
OL1422150M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
1 MB (1116167 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
Pages
244\240
Time added
2011-04-18 11:31:18

Description

How do we form and modify our beliefs about the world? While accepting that what we believe is determined by evidence, and therefore is not directly under our control, Professor Helm argues that no theory of knowledge is complete without standards for accepting and rejecting evidence as belief-worthy. These standards, or belief-policies, are not themselves determined by evidence, but determine what counts as credible evidence. Unlike single beliefs, Helm argues, belief-policies are directly subject to the will, and consequently to weakness of will and self-deception. Helm reveals the importance of the idea of belief-policies in several areas of philosophy, in particular the philosophy of religion.

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