As you say, this applies to those who don’t have beliefs, or don’t organize their thoughts in those terms, not to all humans. We nerds do deal with propositional statements, after all, I do deduce my answers to people’s questions from my model of the world, and they will find all of my answers to be consistent much more often than would occur only by chance.
I think most of us work the same way, and enjoy the kinship of similar communication instincts. But I’ve so often misunderstood others, and think others might benefit from this insight as I did.
I think we’re basically on the same page.
As you say, this applies to those who don’t have beliefs, or don’t organize their thoughts in those terms, not to all humans. We nerds do deal with propositional statements, after all, I do deduce my answers to people’s questions from my model of the world, and they will find all of my answers to be consistent much more often than would occur only by chance.
I think most of us work the same way, and enjoy the kinship of similar communication instincts. But I’ve so often misunderstood others, and think others might benefit from this insight as I did.