Understanding Beliefs Nilsson Nils J. Kumagai Professor of Engineering Emeritus Stanford University
Understanding Beliefs Nilsson Nils J. Kumagai Professor of Engineering Emeritus Stanford University What beliefs are, what they do for us, how we come to hold them, and how to evaluate them.Our…
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Understanding Beliefs Nilsson Nils J. Kumagai Professor of Engineering Emeritus Stanford University
What beliefs are, what they do for us, how we come to hold them, and how to evaluate them.Our beliefs constitute a large part of our knowledge of the world. We have beliefs about other people, and we believe that they have beliefs as well. We have beliefs about objects, about culture, about the past, and about the future.
Some of our beliefs we call theories, and we are extraordinarily creative at constructing them. We use beliefs to predict, to explain, to create, to console, to entertain. Theories of quantum mechanics, evolution, and relativity are examples.
But so are theories about astrology, alien abduction, guardian angels, and reincarnation. All are products (with varying degrees of credibility) of fertile minds trying to find explanations for observed phenomena. In this book, Nils Nilsson examines beliefs: what they do for us, how we come to hold them, and how to