Belief. Medical search. Frequent questions

Notable examples include: "What is the rational way to revise one's beliefs when presented with various sorts of evidence? (wikipedia.org)
When should the government draw the line between one's personal beliefs and being a public official? (msnbc.com)
I have been all over India and through many parts of Europe, visiting monasteries, churches and mosques, and everywhere I have found this very strong, compelling belief in God whom one hopes shapes one's life. (jkrishnamurti.org)
The elements of the Health Belief Model related to breast cancer can thus be translated as the perception of: one's own susceptibility to breast cancer, the benefits of BSE to one's life, and possible barriers to the implementation of BSE. (who.int)

It beggars belief' doesn't refer to the things that beggars believe, although it does relate to begging in a roundabout way. (phrases.org.uk)
Most people would agree that this view beggars belief - the belief in question that is 'beggared', that is, reduced or impoverished, being the widely held view that the earth is spheroid, like an orange. (phrases.org.uk)

Is belief in Christ a dangerous idea? (smh.com.au)
This position-called miaphysitism , or single-nature doctrine-was interpreted by the Roman and Greek churches as a heresy called monophysitism , the belief that Christ had only one nature, which was divine. (britannica.com)

It wasn't until the 19th century that 'beggar' and 'belief' were conjoined. (phrases.org.uk)

In epistemology, philosophers use the term "belief" to refer to attitudes about the world which can be either true or false. (wikipedia.org)
Its most popular version maintains that attitudes toward representations, which are typically associated with propositions, are mental attitudes that constitute beliefs.These attitudes are part of the internal constitution of the mind holding the attitude. (wikipedia.org)
Because of this, it seems natural to construe beliefs as attitudes towards propositions, which also constitute non-sensory representations, i.e. as propositional attitudes. (wikipedia.org)
As mental attitudes, beliefs are characterized by both their content and their mode. (wikipedia.org)
Beliefs are usually distinguished from other propositional attitudes, like desires, by their mode or the way in which they are directed at propositions. (wikipedia.org)
Psychologists have avoided theorizing about belief altogether, though many research programs (e.g., re: memory, attitudes, schemas, intuitive expectations) involve belief-like concepts. (templeton.org)
1. The publication of a collection of essays outlining theories of belief, which will provide definitions of belief and apply them to "edge cases" and adjacent cognitive attitudes, including religious credences, implicit or tacit knowledge, and imaginings. (templeton.org)

This view can be seen as a form of functionalism, defining beliefs in terms of the behavior they tend to cause. (wikipedia.org)
They are disrupting the grammar of school and that requires a shift in behavior and belief. (edweek.org)
Despite the relatively low level of embracing conspiracy beliefs regarding EVIs among HCWs in this study compared to previous studies, this area should be considered based on its potential impact on health-seeking behavior. (lu.se)
The fight to eradicate polio teaches us the importance of beliefs in behavior change during a response to a public health threat. (cdc.gov)

A belief is a subjective attitude that a proposition is true or a state of affairs is the case. (wikipedia.org)
It suggests that whereas Wittgenstein provides an understanding of psychopathological concepts such as delusional beliefs and its relationship to judgements of rationality, Lacan, in psychoanalysis seems to suggest that it is subjective certainty what marks out beliefs as delusional. (bvsalud.org)

But focusing on your beliefs and values may help you maintain your spirituality and achieve your life's purpose. (cancer.gov)

UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Nazila Ghanea, visited Sweden from October 11 to 20, 2023, at the invitation of the Swedish Government. (lu.se)

Because rationality (in the sense of proper function of rational powers) is included in warrant, the real question, here, is whether Christian belief does or can have warrant. (ccel.org)
In this sense, the present article proposes that Lacan s account questions Wittgenstein s suggestion that delusional beliefs would be constituted by a failure in rationality. (bvsalud.org)

The report said researchers found belief in God is higher among older people regardless of where they live. (upi.com)
The researchers said their findings support the idea that the brain has evolved to be sensitive to any form of belief that improves the chances of survival, which could explain why a belief in God and the supernatural became so widespread in human evolutionary history. (independent.co.uk)
In an innovative study, researchers found evidence that individual investors' decisions are primarily motivated by their beliefs about a stock's future. (sciencedaily.com)
AMSTERDAM ― The current epidemic of melanoma in light-skinned individuals is the result of old-fashioned medical beliefs about the health benefits of ultraviolet light (UV) and the practice of "heliotherapy" in the first half of the twentieth century, say French researchers. (medscape.com)
By 1920, heliotherapy had become widespread in all light-skinned individuals, and there was a widespread belief among healthcare professionals that UV light was beneficial, the researchers noted. (medscape.com)

Others have suggested that religious belief is a side effect of a wider trait in the human brain to search for coherent beliefs about the outside world. (independent.co.uk)
My children went on their own search and we have a very wide belief system, including one of my sons becoming a Wiccan, and one son belief in a greater power but claims no religious ties. (hubpages.com)

Despite common belief, pencils have never contained lead. (medlineplus.gov)

The dominant religious beliefs in Germany are looked at below. (worldatlas.com)
These all may play a role, but what we show that beliefs are dominant for the trading of retail investors. (sciencedaily.com)
Vietnam is the sole Southeast Asian nation with its indigenous religion as the dominant belief system. (worldatlas.com)

In other words, while they may have dramatically changed the physical appearance of their learning environments, they may not have changed the behaviors and beliefs within those environments. (edweek.org)

A belief is externally rational if it is produced by cognitive faculties that are functioning properly and successfully aimed at truth (i.e., aimed at the production of true belief)-as opposed, for example, to being the product of wish-fulfillment or cognitive malfunction. (ccel.org)
Now warrant, the property enough of which distinguishes knowledge from mere true belief, is a property or quantity had by a belief if and only if (so I say) that belief is produced by cognitive faculties functioning properly in a congenial epistemic environment according to a design plan successfully aimed at truth. (ccel.org)
Our results are unique in demonstrating that specific components of religious belief are mediated by well-known brain networks, and they support contemporary psychological theories that ground religious belief within evolutionary-adaptive cognitive functions. (independent.co.uk)

Oxford Brookes celebrates and values the diversity provided by individual members of the University community and aims to create an environment where the cultural, religious and non-religious beliefs of all are respected. (brookes.ac.uk)

Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true. (wikiquote.org)

This article examines the approach to certainty and delusional beliefs in philosophy and psychoanalysis. (bvsalud.org)

Beliefs are the subject of various important philosophical debates. (wikipedia.org)
The term religion/belief covers mainstream religions and beliefs as well as those that are currently less well recognised, including philosophical beliefs such as vivisection. (brookes.ac.uk)

Is the content of our beliefs entirely determined by our mental states, or do the relevant facts have any bearing on our beliefs (e.g. if I believe that I'm holding a glass of water, is the non-mental fact that water is H2O part of the content of that belief)? (wikipedia.org)
To the extent that theologians are concerned with doctrinal content, they too are students of belief. (templeton.org)
Deep Belief CNN Feature Representation Based Content Based Image Retrieval for Medical Images. (bvsalud.org)

Highlighting the limits and capacities of law and economics, The Republic of Beliefs proposes a fresh way of thinking that will enable more effective laws and a fairer society. (princeton.edu)
This work proposes an effectual methodology for retrieval of AN images utilizing Deep Belief CNN Feature Representation. (bvsalud.org)

CHICAGO, April 18 (UPI) -- Belief in God is declining gradually worldwide, with faith highest among older people, a report released by the University of Chicago Wednesday found. (upi.com)
So the following list has been assembled from the tenth to most bizarre with a view to noting those that have spun on more eccentric orbits than the vast majority faith-based belief systems. (listverse.com)
A belief is having trust, faith, or confidence in something. (cancer.gov)
Are faith and belief the same thing? (ligonier.org)
I ask, not to be antagonistic, but to understand if your belief is of blind faith or by choice. (hubpages.com)

Religious belief and behaviour are a hallmark of human life, with no accepted animal equivalent, and found in all cultures,' said Professor Jordan Grafman, from the US National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, near Washington. (independent.co.uk)

Findings showed that the health belief parameters (perceived susceptibility to breast cancer, benefits of and barriers to practising breast self-examination) were influenced differently by the film. (who.int)

There are various ways that contemporary philosophers have tried to describe beliefs, including as representations of ways that the world could be (Jerry Fodor), as dispositions to act as if certain things are true (Roderick Chisholm), as interpretive schemes for making sense of someone's actions (Daniel Dennett and Donald Davidson), or as mental states that fill a particular function (Hilary Putnam). (wikipedia.org)
This project aims to fill this lacuna, bringing together philosophers and psychologists to set out theories of belief and ways to test them. (templeton.org)

In the religious tract The Scheme and Completion of Prophecy , 1830, John Whitley used 'beggar belief' in describing the thoughts of 'those heathens' who denied the Bible. (phrases.org.uk)
A belief in God is deeply embedded in the human brain, which is programmed for religious experiences, according to a study that analyses why religion is a universal human feature that has encompassed all cultures throughout history. (independent.co.uk)
Scientists searching for the neural 'God spot', which is supposed to control religious belief, believe that there is not just one but several areas of the brain that form the biological foundations of religious belief. (independent.co.uk)
Scientists are divided on whether religious belief has a biological basis. (independent.co.uk)
Some evolutionary theorists have suggested that Darwinian natural selection may have put a premium on individuals if they were able to use religious belief to survive hardships that may have overwhelmed those with no religious convictions. (independent.co.uk)
They found that people of different religious persuasions and beliefs, as well as atheists, all tended to use the same electrical circuits in the brain to solve a perceived moral conundrum - and the same circuits were used when religiously-inclined people dealt with issues related to God. (independent.co.uk)
Did you choose your religious / non-religious belief? (hubpages.com)
Yes, I chose my religious beliefs for myself, and I continue to choose them every day. (hubpages.com)
The Atlas is a project that aims to map and measure the rights of religious or belief minorities (RBMs) in the EU countries. (lu.se)

Religion and the belief in God, they argue, are just a manifestation of this intrinsic, biological phenomenon that makes the human brain so intelligent and adaptable. (independent.co.uk)

Think how much is costing you in all aspects of your life to live by someone else's rules and beliefs. (selfgrowth.com)
Understand that expanding your beliefs enriches your life. (selfgrowth.com)
So, although irrational and improvable, the inclusion of a belief in life after death cannot be considered bizarre. (listverse.com)
The word bizarre must be reserved for those belief systems that step knee-deep in the irrational and improvable in this life. (listverse.com)
However, that belief has no validity in your life, has it? (jkrishnamurti.org)
Is it the insecurity of relationship, or is it that faced with the immensity of life, and not understanding it, one encloses oneself in the refuge of belief? (jkrishnamurti.org)
I base my beliefs on my own experience with a personal God and how much understanding I have of his teachings and his influence in my life. (hubpages.com)
Health beliefs are defined as a set of perceptions an individual holds about his/her susceptibility to a disease, the seriousness of that disease to his/her life and the benefits of taking action to reduce the threat of the disease [6]. (who.int)

Given their much lower levels of belief in God or a higher power, it is not surprising that the percentage of scientists who are unaffiliated with any religion is much higher than among the general public. (pewresearch.org)
The Equality Act 2010 outlaws discrimination on the basis of religion and belief. (brookes.ac.uk)
The legislation is broad in that it includes those who do not have a religion/belief. (brookes.ac.uk)
The law makes illegal any form of prohibited conduct in relation to religion and belief (including discrimination, harassment and victimisation) and requires the University as a public body to advance equality of opportunity between people of different religions and beliefs. (brookes.ac.uk)
Further guidance is contained in the University's Religion and Belief Policy. (brookes.ac.uk)
About 45.3% of the inhabitants of the state adhere to the beliefs of the ethnic religion. (worldatlas.com)

The report, "Belief About God Across Time and Countries," found 13 percent of people living in the former East Germany expressed belief in God, while at the high end 94 percent of Filipinos say they have always been believers. (upi.com)
Belief was found to be increasing in Russia, Slovenia and Israel. (upi.com)
Clearly, a person (including a highly educated, wholly with-it, twenty-first-century person who has read all the latest objections to Christian belief) could be justified in accepting these and other Christian beliefs and would be so justified if (for example) after careful and nonculpable reflection and investigation into the alleged objections and defeaters, she still found those beliefs wholly compelling. (ccel.org)
Statistically significant dependencies were found between the beliefs about old age and preference in working or not working in future treat a certain age range of the population. (bvsalud.org)

Representationalism characterizes beliefs in terms of mental representations. (wikipedia.org)
Beliefs form a special class of mental representations since they do not involve sensory qualities in order to represent something, unlike perceptions or episodic memories. (wikipedia.org)

This will help you to slowly shift strong, deep-rooted beliefs that no longer serve you. (selfgrowth.com)

This suggests that belief in God is especially likely to increase among the oldest groups, perhaps in response to the increasing anticipation of mortality. (upi.com)

That shouldn't happen if investors are really acting on emotions rather than beliefs, Ben-David said. (sciencedaily.com)

Looking at differences among age groups, the largest increases in belief in God most often occur among those 58 years of age and older," Smith said. (upi.com)
There were no statistically significant differences between the beliefs toward aging and the variables: gender, age and period. (bvsalud.org)

Beliefs about benefits were also boosted by observations that exposure to UV light could heal some skin infections, so UV light was considered bactericidal and was used for tuberculosis patients. (medscape.com)

These beliefs, we are stipulating, seem to her to be clearly true. (ccel.org)
When I shifted from Bible-based beliefs, it was motivated by being true to myself. (hubpages.com)
Who's to say that what our culture considers right and true necessarily translates to the same belief systems elsewhere? (cdc.gov)

As for the various analogical extensions of justification in this original sense-being responsible, doing as well as could be expected with respect to your part in belief formation, and the like-again, it is obvious, I think, both that believers can meet these conditions and that many believers do meet them. (ccel.org)

I studied the Holy Bible to come to the conclusion of my own beliefs. (hubpages.com)

And the research proves, they contend, that belief in a higher power is an evolutionary asset that helps human survival. (independent.co.uk)

that is because (so the claim goes) the fact is there are objective epistemic duties such that one cannot accept Christian belief without violating them (above, pp. 98-99), and the believer escapes guilt only because she is not aware of them. (ccel.org)

A longitudinal study of four phases was conducted to identify the effect of an educational film on the Health Belief Model and breast self-examination practice of second-year nursing students in Alexandria University. (who.int)
A possible framework utilized to help understand why and under what conditions people take action to prevent, detect or comply with treatment is the Health Belief Model [5,8]. (who.int)
The framework was aligned with the Health Belief Model (HBM) and the Core Competencies were mapped to the individual HBM constructs. (cdc.gov)

Beliefs make up a considerable part of what psychologists study, including beliefs about ourselves, others, and the world. (templeton.org)

The IRS must derive the facts and circumstances forming the basis for a reasonable belief from information lawfully obtained. (irs.gov)
Belief in God has decreased in most countries, but the declines are quite modest especially when calculated on a per annum basis," said Tom W. Smith , director of the General Social Survey of the social science research organization NORC at the University of Chicago. (upi.com)
what is the basis of belief? (jkrishnamurti.org)

Now our question is whether these beliefs are justified, rational, or warranted. (ccel.org)
This project asks the question "What is belief? (templeton.org)

They have a belief in their superior knowledge and so you would expect them to buy and sell more quickly than others as they speculate on stock prices. (sciencedaily.com)

The way you live today, is directly connected to your beliefs system. (selfgrowth.com)
Find clarity to the roots of your beliefs system, even if it goes back to your childhood. (selfgrowth.com)
When a person continues in a belief system without examining it, they still choose their way -- or at least choose to ignore that they have other choices. (hubpages.com)

The Republic of Beliefs offers a distinctive and revealing perspective on public policy, and couldn't be more timely. (princeton.edu)
Data from the 2018 and 2021 SummerStyles surveys were analyzed to explore public belief in select maternal benefits of breastfeeding. (cdc.gov)

I wrote principles to live by, including 'I respect the right of others to their beliefs and choices' and 'I appreciate diversity. (hubpages.com)

Like God, we are the sort of beings who have beliefs and understanding: we have intellect. (ccel.org)

Various conceptions of the essential features of beliefs have been proposed, but there is no consensus as to which is the right one. (wikipedia.org)
One of the most useful features of EFT is its uncanny ability to generate belief changes. (emofree.com)
Features are represented using Deep Belief Convolutional Neural Network (DB-CNN). (bvsalud.org)

Beliefs are important across philosophy, theology, and the human sciences. (templeton.org)

Mark Twain's Belief that the Real Descent of Human. (bartleby.com)

How do you effect a course correction with those things that you feel don't accurately fit you, or are core negative beliefs. (psychologytoday.com)
The good news is those negative beliefs, or even old beliefs that no longer serve you, can be changed, quicker than you think. (selfgrowth.com)
Think of what you have to gain by shifting, deleting or completely eliminating negative or mistaken beliefs. (selfgrowth.com)

This view contrasts with functionalism, which defines beliefs not in terms of the internal constitution of the mind but in terms of the function or the causal role played by beliefs. (wikipedia.org)

We use the terms basically interchangeably, but belief can also be used simply to talk about making an intellectual assertion of a particular proposition. (ligonier.org)

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