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It is a short step from perception to perceptual belief, which is just acceptance of a sensible thing as a type. However, a general theory of belief is a long step from an abstract model of the perceptual, and I have no very constructive theory to present. A study of the relationship of perceptual belief to other intentional attitudes, in particular to immediate desires, is alone enough to keep us quite busy except for assorted programmatic remarks that I will offer in the last section of this chapter.
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Nelson, R.J. (1989). Belief and Desire. In: The Logic of Mind. Synthese Library, vol 155. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2595-3_8
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