Strong Belief is Ordinary

Abstract In an influential recent paper, Hawthorne, Rothschild, and Spectre (“HRS”) argue that belief is weak. More precisely: they the referent of believe in ordinary language much weaker than epistemologists usually suppose; one needs very little evidence to be entitled a proposition this sense; just concept belief. I here contrary. HRS identify two alleged tests weakness – neg-raising weak upper bounds tests, as call them which claim think pass. But several other expressions English for attributing belief, all fail both tests. Therefore, even if are correct refer attitude, it does not follow conclude by raising some problems accounts guessing, building on HRS's arguments, due Kevin Dorst, Matt Mandelkern, Ben Holguín.