otherwise and what seems reasonable and what evidence you have so now I have to introduce another piece of jargon the belief only exists in a big network of other beliefs and other mental states and one part of the network such as my belief were in the United States that only makes sense in relation to the whole network I'd have to believe the United States is a country that if it's on the surface of the earth and so on so belief is not belief it looks like it's pretty simple on the surface truth I got this belief I believe I'm an American