It's a form of valuation; belief means that you value something highly. Think, for, instance, of what it mean to "believe in someone". I think people automatically go to religion, but it doesn't necessarily refer to belief in God.
Anyway, the debate about belief in God is boring to me. The larger definition of belief I just elucidated is more interesting.
Or misused. IME if someone says they believe a scientific finding, then they are putting scientific inquiry on a par with religion. If I have to believe it, that is accept it without evidence, then it is not a scientific finding.Depends on how the words are used. Context matters since one can believe in scientific findings or believe in sky gods.
Or misused. IME if someone says they believe a scientific finding, then they are putting scientific inquiry on a par with religion. If I have to believe it, that is accept it without evidence, then it is not a scientific finding.
This is only if you 'believe' that 'belief' can only be applied in one manner. There are multiple definitions and applications for belief.Or misused. IME if someone says they believe a scientific finding, then they are putting scientific inquiry on a par with religion. If I have to believe it, that is accept it without evidence, then it is not a scientific finding.
And what does that mean?
No.Are you familiar with scientism?
There are. I accept (not believe) that the word is used in many ways, because I see the evidence of it with my own eyes and ears. Many of those uses, however, lead to confusion by treating unlike things in a like manner. This definition seems clearest in distinguishing belief from other forms of acceptance: "confidence in the truth or existence of something not immediately susceptible to rigorous proof".This is only if you 'believe' that 'belief' can only be applied in one manner. There are multiple definitions and applications for belief.
Definitions shift within cultures. The world doesn't revolve around your preferred definition of a word, lol.There are. I accept (not believe) that the word is used in many ways, because I see the evidence of it with my own eyes and ears. Many of those uses, however, lead to confusion by treating unlike things in a like manner. This definition seems clearest in distinguishing belief from other forms of acceptance: "confidence in the truth or existence of something not immediately susceptible to rigorous proof".
My father told me that the most dangerous people were idealists.To have faith in. To believe in ones country is to have faith in the ideals of that country.
People can choose a lot of things to believe in, God, their country, their nation, their party, what does it mean to you? How do you understand it?
I dont mean any of the ideas themselves so much as the belief and believing.
It is a common distinction made in science, as well as among those who discuss the differences and connections between science and faith. It helps to be clear on our meanings.Definitions shift within cultures. The world doesn't revolve around your preferred definition of a word, lol.
Exactly. One cannot prove anything about those ideals, other than that they exist, and some people accept them. This is the essence of belief. It is acceptance on some basis other than rigorous proof.To have faith in. To believe in ones country is to have faith in the ideals of that country.
This is the essence of belief. It is acceptance on some basis other than rigorous proof.
No.
There are. I accept (not believe) that the word is used in many ways, because I see the evidence of it with my own eyes and ears. Many of those uses, however, lead to confusion by treating unlike things in a like manner. This definition seems clearest in distinguishing belief from other forms of acceptance: "confidence in the truth or existence of something not immediately susceptible to rigorous proof".
It is a common distinction made in science, as well as among those who discuss the differences and connections between science and faith. It helps to be clear on our meanings.
Exactly. One cannot prove anything about those ideals, other than that they exist, and some people accept them. This is the essence of belief. It is acceptance on some basis other than rigorous proof.