http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/blog/franceprofonde/weekend-round-up/ Tim King on French politics Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:58:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/blog/franceprofonde/weekend-round-up/#comment-43 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:32:11 +0000 http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/blog/franceprofonde/weekend-round-up/#comment-43 Hume said that belief is an idea associated with a lively impression, by which he meant that the livelier the impression is the more intense the belief. Feed potential voters with lively impressions of the candidates, and you will get their votes. Read off lively impressions from the downloads on the web sites of candidates and you will get their intentions. But it's well known that Hume's conception of beleif is unable to account for 1) the truth of of our beliefs, 2) the reasons we have for them. Decisions theorist believe they are able to read off the bleiefs from the actions and the actions from the beliefs and desires of agents. But that does not work either. Hume said that belief is an idea associated with a lively impression, by which he meant that the livelier the impression is the more intense the belief. Feed potential voters with lively impressions of the candidates, and you will get their votes. Read off lively impressions from the downloads on the web sites of candidates and you will get their intentions. But it’s well known that Hume’s conception of beleif is unable to account for 1) the truth of of our beliefs, 2) the reasons we have for them. Decisions theorist believe they are able to read off the bleiefs from the actions and the actions from the beliefs and desires of agents. But that does not work either.

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