BELIEF

BELIEF

MEANING

Epistemologically the term "belief" refer to personal attitudes associated with true false ideas or concepts.Belief does not require active introspection and thinking carefully about possible risks.

DEFINITION

Belief is the state of mind in which a person thinks something to the case with or without there being empirical evidence to prove that something is the case with factual certainty.

TYPES OF BELIEF


i) Psychological Beliefs

 Psychological beliefs are divided  into a) Core beliefs b)dispositional beliefs

a)Core Beliefs

These beliefs involve active thoughts of an individual.Here should make an active thinking to accept a belief.

b)Dispositional Beliefs

These beliefs are ascribed to someone who has not thought about the issue.

ii)Epistemological Beliefs

Epistemic beliefs are student's belief in relation to the nature of knowledge,that is, what is knowledge? and does it evolve and where does knowledge come from?

iii)Some Sociologically Beliefs 

Sociologically there are beliefs that may be classified into a) Core beliefs, b) Peripheral beliefs, c)disputable beliefs, and d) apparently beliefs.

a) Core beliefs(social)

See ourselves and other people,the world and the future.This type of beliefs shape our life.The following are examples of core beliefs.
Examples of positive core beliefs
 1. I am a good student
2. I am liked by many
3. I am  effective
4. I am powerful
5. I am right
6. I am fine

 Negative core beliefs
1. I am not good
2. I am not liked by many
3. I am powerless, like this..

b)Peripheral beliefs 

These beliefs may be mild or strong. Mild beliefs far from the core beliefs, but strong beliefs are close to core beliefs.

c)Indisputable beliefs

Some beliefs are strong so that these beliefs cannot be  disputable to the individual.

d)Disputable beliefs

These are mild beliefs so that they can disputed by the Individual.
Nature of Beliefs
  • Personal and subjective feeling
  • It may be shared by others
  • It may be verified
  • Pre linguistic experience
  • Preparedness for delayed reaction 
  • Pre intellectual response to a situation
  • It may be a unverified knowledge or a pre-verified stage of knowledge
  • It may be an unquestionable knowledge


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