The phrase "a certain belief" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific belief that is not explicitly named or when discussing beliefs in a general sense.
Example: "In many cultures, a certain belief about the afterlife influences their rituals and traditions."
Alternatives: "a particular belief" or "a specific belief".
On top of which a certain belief that the toast will always land jam-side-down seems intrinsic, part of the air and water of the place.
He is trying to hold on to a certain belief system that is lost.' And then you realise that DiCaprio probably is talking about himself.
ALEC WILKINSON A (mostly private) landmark: The death of William Maxwell, in July of 2000, removing from the world a learned and genteel intelligence-graceful, kind, and capacious, leaving a certain belief about writing and its possibilities largely unrepresented.
Champions have a certain belief".
This sort of example indicates that speaker meaning can't just be a matter of intending to cause a certain belief it must be intending to cause a certain belief in a certain way.
Additional findings points out towards a certain belief on behalf of Brazilian consumers that technology can be a determinant of relevant aspects of eco-innovative foods.
Young Billy had a privileged youth of prep schools and Harvard, and served in the military -- but in his determination to stick to the Flanner/Natalia story and with a certain diffident belief that his life is not the object of the reader's inquiry, he tells all this with a reticence that, though becoming, is rather a pity.
Thus, Velleman is what Sarah Paul (2009) calls a Strong Cognitivist, i.e., someone who identifies an intention with a certain pertinent belief about what she is doing or about to do.
Based on our chosen definition of consistency, Section 3.3 analyzes consistency in the general sense that a consistent decision is a best reply to a certain point belief.
A belief can be certain in this sense without being incorrigible; this may happen, for example, when the subject receives a very compelling bit of counterevidence to the (previously) certain belief and gives it up for that reason.
There are a lot of myths -- like you need a meditation space, a meditation pillow, certain beliefs, etc.
