What you’re calling a stance seems to me a case of decisions. “What sizes of groupings work best at a party?” is something one can form a belief about in some continuous space of possible beliefs. “I will arrange the seating in groups of no more than five” is a decision.
Beliefs are continuous. Decisions and actions are discrete. Deciding to do this rather than that does not require one to deceive oneself into certainty that this is better than that. It only requires, well, deciding. Decision should screen off belief from action. If it does not, it was not a decision.
What you’re calling a stance seems to me a case of decisions. “What sizes of groupings work best at a party?” is something one can form a belief about in some continuous space of possible beliefs. “I will arrange the seating in groups of no more than five” is a decision.
Beliefs are continuous. Decisions and actions are discrete. Deciding to do this rather than that does not require one to deceive oneself into certainty that this is better than that. It only requires, well, deciding. Decision should screen off belief from action. If it does not, it was not a decision.