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Doxastic attitudes

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A Doxastic attitude is an attitude pertaining to a belief. Alternatively, it also pertains to states sufficiently similar to beliefs (thoughts, judgments, opinions, desires, wishes, fears).

Evidentialism is generally applied to justified beliefs distinct from unjustified beliefs one may hold in a doxastic attitude.

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