Towards a Science of Belief Systems

People believe in a great many things; and yet most of us know almost nothing about why other people believe what they do, or indeed about how it feels to believe it. This book presents an objective method for understanding and comparing belief systems -

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Towards a Science of Belief Systems

10.1057/9781137346377 - Towards a Science of Belief Systems, Edmund Griffiths

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