Timeline for What is a belief, and how does it differ from an opinion?
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| Oct 23, 2021 at 16:05 | comment | added | Chris Rogers | "[An] opinion is a judgement based on facts while a belief is a conviction based on personal values." The opposite can be true too. Opinions can be formed from cognitive disortions which lead to prejudice with very little to no fact at all | |
| Oct 23, 2021 at 13:33 | comment | added | Ray Butterworth | @DanielGoldman, "I prefer chocolate to vanilla" is a statement of fact: everyone accepts as truth that chocolate is your preference. That you prefer chocolate is an opinion: you are describing something about yourself, not about the ice-cream. But saying "chocolate ice cream is better than vanilla" is a belief: you are claiming that there are objective factors that make chocolate fundamentally better, and that other people are wrong to think otherwise. Compare with "Many people believe God exists." (fact), "I think God exists." (opinion), and "God exists." (belief). | |
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| Jun 29, 2016 at 17:56 | comment | added | Reed Rawlings | I believe your the only person who finds the term vague. There is no need for cognitive science to define a term that is already defined and used in English language. Beyond that, you could argue that the lack of a definition in a field so focused on defining human s points to the fact that the general use of the word IS the definition. I wish you luck. | |
| Jun 29, 2016 at 17:48 | comment | added | Daniel Goldman | I'm not a fan of vaguely defined terms. With the advent of fMRI, we have a great deal of ability to look at cognitive states. And differences in knowledge systems, belief systems, the transience of positions of truth, the influence of external stimuli, etc are all very important. Maybe there's a way to avoid it. I'll keep looking. Thanks. | |
| Jun 29, 2016 at 15:39 | history | edited | Reed Rawlings | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 29, 2016 at 15:36 | comment | added | Reed Rawlings | I don't imagine there would be a need to define it. The term is used universally. And it's fairly unscientific itself. | |
| Jun 29, 2016 at 11:30 | comment | added | Daniel Goldman | So "chocolate ice cream is better than vanilla" is really a belief, not an opinion. Is the definition of "belief" addressed in any cognitive science text? | |
| Jun 29, 2016 at 4:55 | history | answered | Reed Rawlings | CC BY-SA 3.0 |