Belief System

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A Belief System is a belief set of mutually reinforcing beliefs that provide a framework for understanding and interacting with the world.



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  • http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/
    • QUOTE: We call this kind of basicality ‘doxastic’ because it makes basicality a function of how your doxastic system (your belief system) is structured. …

      … Finally, foundationalism can be supported by advancing objections to coherentism. One prominent objection is that coherentism somehow fails to ensure that a justified belief system is in contact with reality. This objection derives its force from the fact that fiction can be perfectly coherent. Why think, therefore, that a belief system's coherence is a reason for thinking that the belief in that system tend to be true? Coherentists could respond to this objection by saying that, if a belief system contains beliefs such as "Many of my beliefs have their origin in perceptual experiences" and "My perceptual experiences are reliable", it is reasonable for the subject to think that her belief system brings her into contact with external reality.