?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Intuitive+and+reflective+beliefs&rft.creator=Sperber%2C+Dan&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.subject=Social+Psychology&rft.description=Humans+have+two+kinds+of+beliefs%2C+intuitive+beliefs+and+reflective+beliefs.+Intuitive+beliefs+are+a+most+fundamental+category+of+cognition%2C+defined+in+the+architecture+of+the+mind.+They+are+formulated+in+an+intuitive+mental+lexicon.+Humans+are+also+capable+of+entertaining+an+indefinite+variety+of+higher-order+or+%22reflective%22+propositional+attitudes%2C+many+of+which+are+of+a+credal+sort.+Reasons+to+hold+%22reflective+beliefs%22+are+provided+by+other+beliefs+that+describe+the+source+of+the+reflective+belief+as+reliable%2C+or+that+provide+explicit+arguments+in+favour+of+the+reflective+belief.+The+mental+lexicon+of+reflective+beliefs+includes+not+only+intuitive%2C+but+also+reflective+concepts.&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F402%2F1%2Fbeliefs.htm&rft.identifier=++Sperber%2C+Dan++(1997)+Intuitive+and+reflective+beliefs.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F402%2F