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Examine Hume's Account Of Belief

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Hume’s posited system of belief contained within A Treatise of Human Nature maintains a uniquely contemporary outlook in the discipline of philosophy as well as contemporary psychology. Within the Treatise, special consideration is given with regard to how one forms a belief and how one revises a belief. Given the continued important role of beliefs in relation to resultant actions as well as the ramifications of personal beliefs within a community, it becomes necessary to examine how one comes to belief and how one corrects or revises a belief. It is the intention of the following work to examine Hume’s account of belief as well as belief revision (correction?) and further assess the possible contributions to contemporary psychological research
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