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    It is not the case that If knowledge is the most general factive mental state, then belief is analyzed in terms of knowledge, not knowledge in terms of belief plus additional conditions.

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    • 1.Belief is psychologically prior: infants and animals have beliefs without knowledge. Conceptually defining belief via knowledge inverts actual cognitive development.
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    • 2.Knowledge requires justified true belief plus anti-Gettier conditions. Defining belief through knowledge creates circularity since knowledge itself presupposes belief.
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    • 3.False beliefs are commonplace and explanatory important; they cannot be analyzed as defective knowledge without distorting their role in human reasoning and action.
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    • 1.Knowledge involves truth, justification, and belief. If knowledge is more fundamental, belief should be defined as knowledge minus certainty or infallibility conditions.
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    • 2.Analyzing belief through knowledge avoids the infinite regress problem in justification by grounding belief in knowledge's more basic structure.
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    • 3.Historically, knowledge has been treated as the epistemic achievement; belief is mere propositional attitude. Priority should follow explanatory importance.
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