dispositional belief

is a habit that is stored in memory but is not conscious at a particular moment (e.g., how to swim). For example, a skater's belief that the ice is thin guides the way he acts, talks, and feels vis-a-vis the ice.

habit that is stored in memory but is not conscious at a particular moment (e.g., how to swim). a skater's belief that the ice is thin guides the way he acts, talks, and feels vis-a-vis the ice.. . . .'Bourdieu is invoking is nicely expressed by Ryle when he contrasts a dispositional to an intellectual conception of belief. [T]o believe that the ice is thin is to be unhesitant in telling oneself and others that it is thin, in acquiescing in other people's assertions to that effect, in objecting to statements to the contrary, in drawing consequences from the original proposition and so forth. But it is also to be prone to skate warily, to shudder, to dwell in imagination on possible disasters, and to warn other skaters. It is not only a propensity to make certain theoretical moves, but to make certain executive and imaginative moves, as well as to have certain feelings. (Ryle, 1949: 135)

is a set of propensities, liabilities and inclinations to behaviour and mental imagery exhibited by an agent.

a set of propensities, liabilities and inclinations to behaviour and, if we follow Ryle, mental imagery exhibited by an agent'

dispositional belief, n.All

dispositional belief