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Belief versus knowledge: An epic battle, but no clear victor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2021

Daniel Heiskell Lassiter Open the ORCID record for Daniel Heiskell Lassiter [Opens in a new window]
Daniel Heiskell Lassiter*
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Department of Linguistics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. danlassiter@stanford.edu http://web.stanford.edu/~danlass/
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Abstract

The knowledge-first approach is attractive and consistent with a wide variety of evidence. So is the opposing belief-first picture. I explain why the target article's criticisms of the latter fail, and argue that the outcome is a stalemate.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e159
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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