Understanding beliefs /

Understanding beliefs /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Nilsson, Nils J., 1933-2019, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2014] ©2014
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 151 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	The MIT Press essential knowledge series MIT Press essential knowledge series.
Subject:	Belief and doubt. Belief and doubt.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11276726

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ISBN:	0262321122 9780262321129 9780262321136 0262321130 9780262526432 0262526433
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This book examines what beliefs are, what they do for us, how we come to hold them, and how to evaluate them.
Other form:	Print version: Nilsson, Nils J., 1933- Understanding beliefs. Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2014] 9780262526432

Table of Contents:

Beliefs, knowledge, and models
What do beliefs do for us?
Where do beliefs come from?
Evaluating beliefs
In all probability
Reality and truth
The scientific method
Robot beliefs
Belief traps.