Meaning & use
Doxastic
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Relating to belief or the holding of beliefs, especially in philosophical discussions of knowledge and justification.
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Doxastic logic studies how rational agents form and revise their beliefs.
Philosophers debate whether doxastic states like belief can be directly willed.
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The term comes from the Greek 'doxa,' meaning 'belief' or 'opinion,' and appears mainly in epistemology and philosophy of mind.
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