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-Belief can only occur where acceptance is not compelled, for if [acceptance] is compelled, then belief is not required to accept that thing. Belief is thus the acceptance of some thing as being provisionally true where:   
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-- contradictory evidence exists which throws doubt upon or compels the rejection of the thing being accepted as truth.   
-- insufficient evidence exists to compel or suggest acceptance of the thing as truth
+!!! Belief   
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+"Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses ." --Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)  
  
+From this it follows that [belief|belief] can only occur where acceptance is not compelled, for if [acceptance] is compelled, then [belief|belief] is not required to accept that thing. [Belief|belief] is thus the acceptance of some thing as being provisionally true where:  
+* contradictory evidence exists which throws doubt upon or compels the rejection of the thing being accepted as truth.  
+* insufficient evidence exists to compel or suggest acceptance of the thing as truth.  
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-Alternatively an [agent] can be attributed a [belief] in X when it acts[1] as if X is true. This sense of the word seems to be more common (in North America) and in the philosophical literature I've read.   
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---DavidLucifer 
+Alternatively an [agent] can be attributed a [belief| belief] in X when it acts[1] as if X is true. This sense of the word seems to be more common (in North America) and in the philosophical literature I've read. --DavidLucifer 
  
 [1] Assuming that the act is sincere, that is, without deception or sarcasm. 
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+See also: [acceptance], [faith], [trust], [truth], [truth value|truthvalue], [Discussion-Lexicon-Belief-2003-09-03]  
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