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Single Idea 3743

[filed under theme 11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs ]

Full Idea

It is only when beliefs are given some symbolic expression that they acquire the precision and stability that enables us to entertain them.

Gist of Idea

We can't contemplate our beliefs until we have expressed them

Source

D.J. O'Connor (The Correspondence Theory of Truth [1975], Ch.5)

Book Ref

O'Connor,D.J.: 'The Correspondence Theory of Truth' [Hutchinson 1975], p.32