I’m not interested in what the dictionary says or a textbook definition I’m interested in your personal distinction between the two ideas. How do you decide to put an idea in one category versus the other? I’m not interested in the abstract concepts like ‘objective truth’ I want to know how it works in real life for you.

  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I think everyone inhabits a sort of superposition of all possible worlds consistent with their sensory observations. But there are some of those possible worlds with which I identify more strongly—where I feel more myself. So belief is a kind of probability multiplied by self-recognition.

    For example: “We believe these truths to be self-evident, that all [people] are created equal”, etc.—it’s not an assertion of objective truth, it’s a declaration of which world we choose to live in.

    • an_onanist@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 months ago

      So the stronger the feeling of identifying with a concept, the stronger the belief that it is true?