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BookmarkBelief is usually defined as a conviction of the truth of a proposition without its verification; therefore a belief is a subjective mental interpretation derived from perceptions, contemplation(reasoning), or communication.
In the religious sense, "belief" refers to a part of a wider spiritual or moral foundation - generally called faith.
Knowledge is often defined as justified true belief, in that the belief must be considered to correspond to reality and must be derived from valid evidence and arguments..
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