denoting the branch of modal logic that studies the concept of belief
Word origin
C18: from Greek doxastikos having an opinion, ultimately from doxazein to conjecture
Examples of 'doxastic' in a sentence
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We investigate the issues of inductive problem-solving and learning by doxastic agents.
Alexandru Baltag, Nina Gierasimczuk, Sonja Smets 2016, 'On the Solvability of Inductive Problems: A Study in Epistemic Topology', Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Sciencehttp://arxiv.org/pdf/1606.07518v1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
I then assess this application and some responses to the objections to the doxastic characterization.
José Eduardo Porcher 2015, 'Can dispositionalism about belief vindicate doxasticism about delusion?', Principia: An International Journal of Epistemologyhttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/35289. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We argue that many of the puzzling features of these phenomena arise because they are analysed with a doxastic framework.
Philip Gerrans, Kevin Mulligan 2013, 'Immaginazione, Default Thinking e incorporamento', Rivista di Esteticahttp://journals.openedition.org/estetica/1568. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)