Believing and thinking

The separation of church and state has an unspoken psychological basis: we choose what we believe, but not what we think - by Neil Van Leeuwen & Jacob Eisler Read on Aeon

文章区分了宗教信念与事实信念在心理机制上的三点差异：前者自愿、不受证据动摇、局限于仪式情境，后者则相反。作者据此论证，正是这种心理分区使政教分离与宗教自由在自由民主社会中成为可行原则。