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Isn't it just that you think it is more likely than not?

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It's pretty straightforward. Philosophers treat belief as a propositional attitude, i.e., as an attitude we take toward a proposition when we think the proposition is true. So, to say that I believe p for some proposition p is just to say that I think p is true.

[/ QUOTE ] That's a good explination of belief. I'm hard pressed to find anything to discuss as to the definition of a belief. It's not really a matter of epistemology. It's simply what you think to be true. It is not a prerequisite that what one is believing necessarily must be true. For instance: I believe I and the world around me exists. This is not necessarilly true, but it can't be argued that I (whoever or whatever I may be) don't hold this belief because the fact that I'm stating that I hold this belief is enough to prove that I hold it (given I'm not a liar and telling you this in good faith).