belief

Belief is the state of mind in which a person thinks something to be the case, with or without there being empirical evidence to prove that something is the case with factual certainty. In other words, belief is when someone thinks something is reality, true, when they have no absolute verified foundation for their certainty of the truth or realness of something. Another way of defining belief is, it is a mental representation of an attitude positively orientated towards the likelihood of something being true. In the context of Ancient Greek thought, two related concepts were identified with regards to the concept of belief: pistis and doxa. Simplified, we may say that pistis refers to trust and confidence, while doxa refers to opinion and acceptance. The English word doctrine is derived from doxa. Belief's purpose is to guide action and not to indicate truth.

Das Wort Glaube (auch Glauben; indogermanisch leubh ‚begehren‘, ‚lieb haben‘, ‚für lieb erklären‘, ‚gutheißen‘, ‚loben‘) bezeichnet hier eine Grundhaltung des Vertrauens, v. a. im Kontext religiöser Überzeugungen.

Geloven is de psychische toestand waarin iemand verkeert die bereid is om onder bepaalde voorwaarden een bepaalde bewering (propositie) voor waar aan te nemen.

La croyance est le processus mental expérimenté par une personne qui adhère à une thèse ou une hypothèse, de façon qu’elle les considère comme vérité, indépendamment des faits confirmant ou infirmant cette thèse ou cette hypothèse.