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doxastic

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doxastic [dɒksˈæstɪk]
adj Logic
1. (Philosophy / Logic) of or relating to belief
2. (Philosophy / Logic) denoting the branch of modal logic that studies the concept of belief
[from Greek doxastikos having an opinion, ultimately from doxazein to conjecture]


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Alston argues that it is certain doxastic (belief-forming) practices.
Logical statements below describe the behaviors of the engineered artifacts as built unless preceded by the doxastic qualifier Bi (signifying a belief of the integrator, i).
[10] In the present context this is extremely interesting; it suggests that in thinking about religion we make too much of the doxastic dimension and too little of the affective.
 
 
 
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