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Anonymous What is meant by willing suspension of disbelief? " It can refer to a state of mind or to an opinion held in a specific instance. "Disbelief" is a form of skepticism.

  • Anonymous What is meant by willing suspension of disbelief?
  • " It can refer to a state of mind or to an opinion held in a specific instance.
  • "Disbelief" is a form of skepticism.
  • If you "suspend" skepticism, you may be willing to believe anything!
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Anonymous What is meant by willing suspension of disbelief?
I hear it almost as a "fixed expression."

It can refer to a state of mind or to an opinion held in a specific instance.

"Disbelief" is a form of skepticism. If you "suspend" skepticism, you may be willing to believe anything!

"Willing suspension" suggests that this is delib

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