read ch. 8, 16, 17, 19 for final

descriptive volitionism: it's possible to will a belief. in influence to waying of evidence through conscious disirers or decisions. there or two ways of doing this,
1) direct: using ones will (pp 289)
2) indirect: self influence (like flipping a coin to determine to possible out come)

persciptive volitionism: it's possible and epistemically ok (justified) to will a belief(form a belief through an act of will)

two arguments agents direct descriptive volitionism:
1) the phenomenalogical argument: how it seems from inside when a belief is formed. beliefs are something that happen to us. its not something we choose to do

2)logic of believing argument: to the extent you admit that you hold a belief simply because you discited to. acknowledging that it's not true. having no reason to believe and should doubt it.