Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true.
The terms belief and knowledge are used differently in philosophy.
Epistemology is the philosophical study of knowledge and belief. The primary problem in epistemology is to understand exactly what is needed in order for us to have true knowledge. In a notion derived from Plato's dialogue Theaetetus, philosophy has traditionally defined knowledge as "justified true belief". The relationship between belief and knowledge is that a belief is knowledge if the belief is true, and if the believer has a justification (reasonable and necessarily plausible assertions/evidence/guidance) for believing it is true.
A false belief is not considered to be knowledge, even if it is sincere. A sincere believer in the flat earth theory does not know that the Earth is flat. Later epistemologists, for instance Gettier (1963) and Goldman (1967), have questioned the "justified true belief" definition.
Mainstream psychology and related disciplines have traditionally treated belief as if it were the simplest form of mental representation and therefore one of the building blocks of conscious thought. Philosophers have tended to be more abstract in their analysis, and much of the work examining the viability of the belief concept stems from philosophical analysis.
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Just believe, I believe in you
So believe, Please believe
Monogatari ga hajimaru yo
Ayashige na sasoi kettobashite
Museru densha to atsui hodou to
Kakedasu kimi no iru basho e
Tobitsuita toki no nioi de
Shinzou ga konna tsuppashiteru
Mou iya na koto mo ne, tsurai koto mo
Kiechau kimi no KISU de
Watsuita kotoba ya warawaseru ME-RU ya
Sonna no dou datte ii koto ja nai?
Kanjite itai dake na no shinjite itai dake
Futari ga issho da tte koto
I live in you sou yo
Sekai ga tomacchaeba ii
Tada kimi ga ireba
Daitete ima kimi kara fuite kuru kaze
Gyutto zenshin de kanjita
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Your heart beat mou ne
Sekai ga owacchatte ii
Tada kono shunkan
Ai shite ima watashi no mune no oku de
Nanka atsui mono ga hajikeru
Just believe, I believe in you
So believe, Please believe
Tsuyoi ko da tte iwareru yo
Hontou no watashi shiranai kara
Nagaretakunai odoritakunai
Demo ima wa kimi to itai
Eien nante mono ya unmei nante koto wa
Saisho kara wakaru koto ja nai
Konna ni tsuyoku nareru konna ni yowaku mo
Futari ga issho tte dake de
[* Repeat]
Your heart beat mou ne
Sekai ga owacchatte ii
Tada kono shunkan
Ai shite ima watashi no karadajuu ga
Nanka itai kurai ni furueteru
[*, ** Repeat]
(Ahahaha, ahahaha, ahahaha)
You always find me makin' time for you
(You always find me)
So many dreams to come true
No room for failure, we can't be fooled
Take a look at what we've got
(Take a look at)
Each other for one another
Friends to the end
Here we go
We stand together through these hard times
Don't let these days pass you on by
I believe in, you better believe that
I believe in you, oh, yeah
(You, you, oh)
(Ahahaha, ahahaha)
(Ahahaha, ahahaha)
(Ahahaha, ahahaha)
(Ahahaha, ahahaha)
So now you look at me, while I'm lookin' at you
I think to myself, I'm watchin' out for you
Let's take a chance together, never had before
When I think about, thinkin' of you
(When I think about you)
It feels like there's nothing else to do
We took a chance together
Here we go
We stand together through these hard times
Don't let these days pass you on by
I believe in, you better believe that
I believe in you, oh
(You, you, oh
I know that
(Ah)
You want it all
(Oh, oh)
We stand together through these hard times
Don't let these days pass you on by
I believe in, you better believe that
I believe in you, oh
(You, you, you)
I believe in, you better believe that
(Believe it's true)
I believe in you, yeah
(Oh, oh, oh)