A belief Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true system can refer to
- a life stance A person's life stance or lifestance is his or her relation with what he or she accepts as of ultimate importance, the presuppositions and theory of this, and the commitments and practice of working it out in living
- a religion A religion is a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a supernatural agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.[citation needed]. See also List of religions A group of monotheistic traditions sometimes grouped with one another for comparative purposes, because all refer to a patriarch named Abraham
- a world view A comprehensive world view is the fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual or society encompassing natural philosophy, fundamental existential and normative postulates or themes, values, emotions, and ethics. The term is a loan translation or calque of German Weltanschauung [ˈvɛlt.ʔanˌʃaʊ.ʊŋ] ( listen), composed of Welt, 'world',
- a philosophy Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning subjects such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. See also List of philosophies Absolutism - Absurdism - Actual Idealism - Advaita Vedanta - Aesthetics - African philosophy - Agnosticism - Altruism - American philosophy - Anti-realism - Analytic philosophy - Ancient philosophy - Anomalous monism - Applied ethics - Aristotelianism - Atheism - Averroism - Avicennism - Axiology
- an ideology An ideology is a set of aims and ideas that directs one's goals, expectations, and actions. An ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things , as in common sense (see Ideology in everyday society below) and several philosophical tendencies (see Political ideologies), or a set of ideas proposed by the dominant. See also Category:Ideologies Categories: Philosophical theories | Schools of thought
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