What is the difference between disbelief and unbelief

Essentially what you are saying here is you have no belief either way. And we look at the beliefs portion of the above quote, a is a belief in P1, b is disbelief in P1, therefore, forming a belief in P2, and c is a state of unbelief in both P1 and P2.

Whilst these words are similar, they do not mean the same thing. This is the classical atheist position. This is the classical agnostic position. Whilst language does evolve, we atheists and sceptics claim to be the logical and rational people. If we are to be rational we should reason through the rules of logic.

We should use the correct words, use the right definitions, and where a word might be polysemous, use the definition that ties it with the rules of logic. The prefix dis- is similar in some uses to de- and in other uses to un-.

A- is affixed to adjectives ending in -al. Anti- means against. Improve this answer. Good wide-ranging answer. But what about "counter", as in "counter-productive", "counter-cyclical", or as Americans say "counter-clockwise" UK "anti-clockwise"? WS2 - that sounds like another potentially good question. Similarly "contra-" as in "contraband, contraception, contradiction" etc.

I don't incidentally think that "disbeliever" and "non-believer" are nuanced in the same way. A "non-believer" would, in my view, be more open to arguments for and against than a "disbeliever" whose mind would appear to be more closed off.

Geoffrey Geoffrey 1, 8 8 silver badges 14 14 bronze badges. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Atheists in general are people who actually don't believe God exists. Claiming it to mean "lack of a belief" and identifying yourself as someone who lacks belief is misrepresenting yourself and being dishonest. Suppose that they all understood his message. Then, there's no difference in their knowledge of what he said. English US.

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