What is the difference between beliefs and opinions?

What is the difference between beliefs and opinions?

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An opinion is a judgment based on facts, an honest attempt to draw a reasonable conclusion from factual evidence. Unlike an opinion, a belief is a conviction based on cultural or personal faith, morality, or values.

Q. What are not propositions?

For example, “Grass is green”, and “2 + 5 = 5” are propositions. The first proposition has the truth value of “true” and the second “false”. But “Close the door”, and “Is it hot outside ?”are not propositions.

Q. How many propositions are there?

There are about 150 prepositions in English. Yet this is a very small number when you think of the thousands of other words (nouns, verbs etc). Prepositions are important words.

Q. Are factual statements always true?

We can’t even lie unless we have facts to lie about or ignore, so be careful when you hear a so called factual statement. If you define “factual statement” as a statement about facts, of course it can be false. If you define “factual statement” as statement that is true, then it cannot be false by definition.

Q. What is the meaning of opinion?

1a : a view, judgment, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter We asked them for their opinions about the new stadium. b : approval, esteem I have no great opinion of his work. 2a : belief stronger than impression and less strong than positive knowledge a person of rigid opinions.

Q. What does it mean to have no opinion?

In AE “have no opinion” is quite literal. I have no opinion means I have no data upon which to make an opinion, or if I have the data I have not sat down and decided what the data meant. It is a neutral statement; neither good nor bad.

Q. What is a valid opinion?

Well, philosophically speaking, a valid opinion is one that is backed up by certain truths or facts and not just an individual’s emotions.

Q. Which one of the following is an example of an opinion?

The following statement is an example of an opinion: The concert last night was better than any of us expected. The following statement is an example of an opinion: The concert last night was better than any of us expected. This answer has been confirmed as correct and helpful.

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