Ever since having heard the word, I think that "non-alief belief" and "belief" are synonymous; I think it's potentially slanderous to ascribe a belief (or to say they "think" X, when they alieve X) to someone when they merely have the corresponding alief.
Probably in a mental health context the ego-syntonic vs ego-dystonic distinction is relevant. A lot of anxiety spectrum disorders tend to be ego-dystonic - possibly this is likely to bias me towards the "beliefs are important for your dignity and aliefs are just random crap that isn't really you". I'm less sure how I'd feel if I were near a condition that had ego-syntonic stuff going on - obviously if I actually had an ego-syntonic condition I would be thinking that my beliefs were just fine and it was everyone else who had a problem.
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Date: 2016-01-08 09:12 am (UTC)Probably in a mental health context the ego-syntonic vs ego-dystonic distinction is relevant. A lot of anxiety spectrum disorders tend to be ego-dystonic - possibly this is likely to bias me towards the "beliefs are important for your dignity and aliefs are just random crap that isn't really you". I'm less sure how I'd feel if I were near a condition that had ego-syntonic stuff going on - obviously if I actually had an ego-syntonic condition I would be thinking that my beliefs were just fine and it was everyone else who had a problem.