Belief

The confidence you actually carry in your head after the reasoning is done, stated as a degree rather than a fact. Ask whether that confidence matches what the inference supports, or whether it hardened on the way in.

The confidence you actually carry in your head after the reasoning is done, stated as a degree rather than a fact. Ask whether that confidence matches what the inference supports, or whether it hardened on the way in.

Example

Your inference says satisfaction probably slipped somewhat. Your belief, said out loud, is "I am 90% sure customers are unhappy." Naming it exposes the gap: the inference supports maybe 55%, and the extra 35 points came from the dashboard looking clean.