Theories of Knowledge Tu/Th
-Notes Thursday, May 30th
-Announcements: Final Exam, Thursday through the Wednesday of finals week. Covering Chapters 8, 16, 17, 19.

~Descriptive Volitionalism - its psycho logically possible to form a belief, through an act or acts or will. (To "volit" or will the belief)

~Prescriptive Volitionalism -its not only possible to form a belief through an act or acts of will, but justified to do so.

(These both can have direct or indirect varieties)

~Examples of indirect volitionalism
-Assentivness training
-Self-esteem workshop
-Brainwashing- shows certain conditions can change beliefs- not volitionalism unless you're brainwashing yourself.
~"Lord help my unbelief"

~Another definition for volitionism- May think about it as a free will with regard to your belief.

~Manipulation vs Persuasive
Logic of belief argument:
To believe a proposition is to accept it as true corresponding with the way things are, but there is no logical connection between desire and the way things are, so believing something on the basis of desire is contradictory and irrational.

Pojman
~I believe even though the only reason is that I want to believe P.
Examples: I believe P, but P is false.
"X is wrong, and I do it as much as I can"