- published: 10 Aug 2008
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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.
You say we're all the same
And girls just like to tease
We like to play the game
And keep you down on your knees
You got a broken heart
So now we're all to blame
Boy she's giving girls a bad name
You're searching the skies, for some kind of sign
But you say
A love like that could never come true
What you're longing to find, you had it all the time
What's it gonna take to make you see it too ooh
[Chorus]
How can you say
You don't believe in angels
Cuz I'm real and I'm
Right here in front of you
How can you tell me
That your hearts still waiting?
When I'll give you a love
Like you never knew
How can you feel it and still not believe it
Everything you say you need (whoa)
How can you say you don't believe in angels
Do you believe in me
You used to dance with me
But it's not like before
We feel the chemistry
Now could it be something more
Maybe I'm what you want
What you've been praying for
Heaven sent me to your dance floor
You're searching the skies, for some kind of sign
But you say
A love like that could never come true
What you're longing to find, you had it all the time
What's it gonna take to make you see it too ooh
[Repeat Chorus x1]
I can't appear in your sky
I don't have wings, I don't know how to fly
But my love can take you higher
I could set your heart on fire
How can you say
You don't believe in angels?
How can you tell me
That your hearts still waiting?
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How can you say
You don't believe in angels?
How can you tell me
That your hearts still waiting?
How can you feel it and still not believe it?
Everything you say you need (whoa)
How can you say you don't believe in angels?
Do you believe in me?
How can you say
You don't believe in angels?
How can you tell me
That your hearts still waiting?
How can you feel it and still not believe it?
Everything you say you need (whoa)
How can you say you don't believe in angels?
Do you believe in Me