How are beliefs represented in the mind?

The commentators of our target article present several detailed arguments to refute the opposing theory. The real issue, however, seems to be the fundamental question of how the mind represents the content of beliefs. We distinguish between qualitative, quantitative and comparative approaches to mod...

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Published in:Thinking & reasoning 2023-07, Vol.29 (3), p.416-426
Main Authors: Knauff, Markus, Estefania Gazzo Castañeda, Lupita
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bayes
Bayes, Thomas (1702-1761)
Belief & doubt
beliefs
Cognition & reasoning
mental models
new paradigm
normativity
Reasoning
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Summary:The commentators of our target article present several detailed arguments to refute the opposing theory. The real issue, however, seems to be the fundamental question of how the mind represents the content of beliefs. We distinguish between qualitative, quantitative and comparative approaches to modeling uncertain beliefs. We describe which theory falls into which of these classes. We also argue that the comparative level is the most fundamental, and challenge commentators to justify why they think that beliefs have more or less structure in the human mind than can be captured at the comparative level.
ISSN:1354-6783
1464-0708
DOI:10.1080/13546783.2023.2223110