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Belief without Representation

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  • Florian Klauser

    (University of Ljubljana - Faculty of Education, Ljubljana, Slovenia)

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In this article, I set off to explore the question "What is belief?" from a first-person perspective. Finding the explanations in analytical philosophy insufficient, I delve into the phenomenological tradition - starting with Edmund Husserl's concept of the horizon. In doing so, I find that the phenomenological tradition seems to contradict the presupposition of beliefs as representations. Directing my attention to finding an alternative explanation, I present Hubert Dreyfus' explanation of learning without representations, but show that (by Dreyfus' own admission) he does not truly take a decisive step away from representationalism. I present the idea of enaction as a proper alternative to representations. Within this new framework, I present the idea of sense-making as a potential direction towards an answer to the question at hand.

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  • Florian Klauser, 2017. "Belief without Representation," Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems - scientific journal, Croatian Interdisciplinary Society Provider Homepage: http://indecs.eu, vol. 15(4), pages 242-250.
    • Handle: RePEc:zna:indecs:v:15:y:2017:i:4:p:242-250
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    Keywords

    belief; representation; phenomenology; enaction;
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    JEL classification:

    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
    • Z19 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Other

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