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The 29 pages that link to Belief, each with the reason it gives.

• EpistemologyBroader topic: Theories of knowledge explain how belief relates to truth and justification.

• PropositionCompared with: Belief is an attitude toward a proposition, not the truth-evaluable content itself.

• TestimonyNarrower topic: The epistemic effect of testimony is often a belief formed on another person's say-so.

• Theory of mindRelated: Beliefs can differ between people and from reality, making them central to mental-state attribution.

• AgnosticismRelated: Belief in gods can be present or absent independently of agnosticism about knowledge.

• PersuasionRelated: Messages may alter the claims people accept as true.

• Cognitive dissonanceRelated: Beliefs can conflict with one another or with a person’s actions.

• DelusionNarrower topic: Delusions are beliefs whose persistence and resistance to evidence set them apart.

• IntentionRelated: Beliefs about circumstances and consequences shape which intentions are adopted.

• DeceptionNarrower topic: Deception aims to produce or preserve a belief in its target.

• Divine hiddennessNarrower topic: The argument depends on what it means for someone genuinely not to believe in God.

• KnowledgeRelated: Knowledge is commonly analyzed as requiring belief in the proposition known.

• FoundationalismNarrower topic: Foundationalism concerns which beliefs can support the justification of other beliefs.

• FaithRelated: Belief is one possible element of faith, but faith can also involve trust and allegiance.

• Eliminative materialismBroader topic: Belief is the standard example of a familiar mental concept eliminative materialists question.

• JustificationNarrower topic: Justification is support for belief, not a substitute for the belief itself.

• LyingRelated: Whether a statement counts as a lie depends on what the speaker believes.

• Self-deceptionNarrower topic: Self-deception is often described as acquiring or maintaining a belief against evidence.

• DiscipleshipCompared with: Discipleship includes convictions but also entails conduct and participation in communal life.

• Cultural changeRelated: Changes in shared beliefs can alter explanations, commitments, and behavior.

• Freedom of thoughtRelated: Beliefs are the immediate objects that freedom of thought protects.

• KnowledgeRelated: Knowledge is commonly analyzed as involving belief, though belief alone does not suffice.

• SpiritualityRelated: Spirituality may be organized around beliefs, but it can also emphasize practice or experience.

• Folk psychologyRelated: Beliefs explain actions by representing what someone takes the world to be like.

• NontheismRelated: Nontheism concerns what a person or tradition does not affirm as belief.

• AcceptanceCompared with: Unlike acceptance, belief ordinarily involves taking the proposition to be true.

• Aversion to happinessRelated: Expectations about happiness and misfortune are beliefs that shape emotional choices.

• Negative and positive atheismRelated: The distinction concerns whether belief is absent or directed toward a denial.

• Philosophy (guiding principles)Related: Beliefs provide assumptions about people and the world that principles rely on.