A similar process took place in the formulation of Christological belief by the council of Chalcedon (451), which defined Christ as "one person, acknowledged in two natures, unconfusedly, unchangeably, indivisibly, inseparably".
The result is a simple, concrete formulation of a belief manipulation problem that can be applied accross a wide range of applications.
Creed, also called confession of faith, an authoritative formulation of the beliefs of a religious community (or, by transference, of individuals).
In less scientific realms where belief is involved it is no less important, ranging from one's personal world view and the formulation of opinion to team projects in business and enterprise to Church councils, canons and creeds.
(See Bill Clinton's comments today reported by our colleague John Broder in Kentucky on how it would be "dumb politics" to discount those two states' delegates. ) * There will be some formulation of her genuine belief that she can win in November and that Mr. Obama is not so sure a bet.
÷4 says that, unless α is tautological, the agent should really give up her belief that α is true if she contracts by α. ÷5 says that the particular formulation of the sentence the agent gives up should not matter; in other words, the objects of belief should really be propositions rather than sentences.
There are two quotations from William James on the subject of truth, but not the most elegant of his formulations: "The true is the name for whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief".
The motivation of our model is inherited from the notion of belief in [12] for decision making while still adhering to common aspects of trust formulations, when relevant (see Table 1).
Cycles of belief and loss of belief.
"There's a diversity of belief here".
