Daniel Dennett on “Belief”

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[genghisthegreat]

He was an honest man. I can't agree that beliefs are entirely based on our experience. Some are based on what we are told by people that we trust.

[TimothyKirkby]

I've had to do this myself in dealing with psychoses. It's always a battle to come to the realisation that what was going on in my mind, what i believed, wasn't real.

[starlight]

A lot of snow can be blue because the water in it reflects the blue sky just like any water so by default snow can be blue or at least reflect blue.

[RalphBrooker-gniv]

There has been some advances in the epistemological position called ‘voluntarism’ (sometimes ‘activism’) which challenges Dennett’s orthodoxy. Bas van Fraassen has hinted at the idea that some beliefs may be wilfully acquired (though that may not be the best way of glossing voluntarism’). Keith Frankish, another prominent philosopher, has addressed the issue. B

Much of my early study was a kind of triangulation on the work of Jerry Fodor, Daniel Dennett and Andy Clark (my teacher). Fodor died recently (seems recent to me). Now DCD. A remarkably powerful and productive era in the theory of mind may have come to an end. At least as the triangle goes. Also at an end perhaps is the counterintuitive idea of deep philosophical work being expressed as very humorous, often irreverent banter.

[crashoppe]

wow. i finally gained a modicum of respect for 1 of the 4 horsemen.
belief is not always a voluntary act. no matter how hard i have tried to believe God couldnt exist, there has never been any kind of evidence to convince me to believe He doesnt..

[jima]

These are words of reason and logic. Problem is the greatest legal fraud in history has had people believe that their books are historically correct and god suspended rules of physics, and sciences for the miracles performed only then. Fairytales go against the human experiences and interaction with our world and that’s what makes these “miracles” so “special”.

[gamefree]

Yes why i don't believe in science

[Sometimes_funny]

Meanwhile people who live in North Korea:👁️👄👁️ AM I A JOKE TO YOU