Desire and self-identity jointly sustain beliefs

Evidence

This points to a relationship between desire and belief that has been posited at least since Hume and Spinoza’s critiques of religion: we believe in part because we want to believe. But we also want to believe because the belief has become core to our subjectivity. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1800

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Desires and emotional comfort shape what people believe is true — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 99; Desire is a distinctive mode of self-choice, not a mere directed longing

Broader Connections

• Desires and emotional comfort shape what people believe is true #expands (0.85) — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 99
• Desire is a distinctive mode of self-choice, not a mere directed longing #corroborates (0.80)