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Religious belief

Related concepts and fundamentals:Belief is the attitude that something is the case or true. In epistemology, philosophers use the term 'belief' to refer to personal attitudes associated with true or false ideas and concepts. However, 'belief' does not require active introspection and circumspection. For example, few ponder whether the sun will rise, just assume it will. Since 'belief' is an important aspect of mundane life, according to Eric Schwitzgebel in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, a related question asks: 'how a physical organism can have beliefs?' Belief is the attitude that something is the case or true. In epistemology, philosophers use the term 'belief' to refer to personal attitudes associated with true or false ideas and concepts. However, 'belief' does not require active introspection and circumspection. For example, few ponder whether the sun will rise, just assume it will. Since 'belief' is an important aspect of mundane life, according to Eric Schwitzgebel in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, a related question asks: 'how a physical organism can have beliefs?' In the context of Ancient Greek thought, two related concepts were identified regarding the concept of belief: pistis and doxa. Simplified, pistis refers to 'trust' and 'confidence', while doxa refers to 'opinion' and 'acceptance'. The English word 'orthodoxy' derives from doxa.

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