Understanding beliefs

by Nilsson, Nils J.

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This book examines what beliefs are, what they do for us, how we come to hold them, and how to evaluate them.

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Title Statements

Full title :Understanding beliefs / Nils J. Nilsson.

Summary

This book examines what beliefs are, what they do for us, how we come to hold them, and how to evaluate them.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):MIT Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xiv, 151 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0262321122, 9780262321129, 9780262321136, 0262321130
oclc:ocn888549347
LC Classification:BD215
Dewey Decimal:121/.6

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.

Subjects

Belief and doubt COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General COMPUTER SCIENCE/Artificial Intelligence COMPUTER SCIENCE/General Croyance et doute PHILOSOPHY -- Epistemology PHILOSOPHY -- Movements Überzeugung Weltanschauung