Lexicon of Arguments

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I 50 ff
Belief: belief is always a belief in the truth of what is believed. Therefore, the distinction betw the merely phenomenological recognition of rational thinking and recognition of its objective validity is incomprehensible.
>Skepticism/Nagel.
E.g. I cannot say "I believe that p", but this is merely a psychological fact that concerns me. As for the truth, I do not I commit myself.

I 186
Def belief/Peirce: the statement that we believe is the one for which we are ready to act. Full of Faith is the willingness to act in vital crises according to the corresponding statement.
>Statement, >Assertion, >Action, >Certainty.
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III 65
Belief/world/reality/Nagel: beliefs are not simply more phenomena of the world.

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