I respectfully submit that first, it is not possible to "waft" between two notions, statements, women, religions, traffic lanes, etc.. To waft is not to waver. Second (or secondly, I never knew which) Eric's "(2)" is noteworthy for a number of reasons; its intelligibiity not being one of them. (The effect of reading too many sociobiological texts, no doubt.) Wafting along ... singing a song ... (C#) Walter O. By the Cliffs of the Avalon (and in the midst of many cruise-shipped American tourists) Quoting Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>: > >>Eric asks ... is there such a thing as "belief" without the content > of the belief? > > Robert counterquestions: "For example?" > > > When I wrote the question, I was wobbling and wafting between two > notions of belief: > > (1) that it requires content (to which Donal added that it also required > an attitude toward that content); and > > (2) that the word "belief" may signify the operation of some biological > cognitive or mental facility which unifies the actions and functioning > of a human being irrespective of the particular content of the belief. > > Concern 1 might be the province of philosophy and concern 2 the province > of cognitive scientists. Can they be combined? > > Air-conditioned, > Eric > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html