First, there is good reason for believing causation goes the other way.
Another reason for believing in the survival of theatre is that the live theatre can achieve a sense of occasion.
If Mary looks in the fridge and sees the butter, she acquires a reason for believing that there is butter in the fridge".
The central fact of that world was the disappearance of God, and with it any reason for believing in providence or justice.
After all, if "John comes in and gets a good doggy whiff, he acquires a reason for believing that Rover is in the house.
It provided a physical picture of how elements combine to form compounds and a phenomenological reason for believing that atoms exist.
Many investors viewed the turbulence in American stocks as a new reason for believing that European assets and the euro would become a safe haven.
A reader at the book club spoke of Claudia's lack of maternal affection for her awkward daughter, Lisa, as a reason for believing in her.
My reason for believing China will have to open up sooner than its leadership thinks has to do with its basic challenge: It has to get rich before it gets old.
Sirleaf's precise, pointed manner has helped make her a darling in the world of international aid, a reason for believing that the rescue of Africa, with all its misrule, remains possible.
Suppose then that a person asserts that his reason for believing that the stick in water is straight is that, when the stick is in water, he can feel with his hands that it is straight.
