ABSTRACT
A fully formed belief rests on a deliberate choice, based on the recognition of some sufficient ground; just as a voluntary action rests on a similar choice, based on the apprehension of some end to be achieved. Most sense experiences can be traced to particular sense-organs, whereas pleasantness and unpleasantness appear to connect themselves with all sense-organs and even to arise without the special stimulation of any sense-organ at all. As a general rule, whenever we are active, we are conscious of some bodily movement and this consciousness is commonly included in our conception of activity. The subject is one that belongs properly to psychology but it has already been indicated that some psychological problems lie within our present scope and certainly this appears to be one of them. Browning's account of Bishop Blougram is a good instance of the adoption of particular beliefs on such grounds.
