“Believing at will is possible”−or is it? Some remarks on Peels’s “truth depends on belief” cases and voluntariness

Abstract

: This article discusses Rik Peels's response to Williams's argument against voluntary belief. Williams argues that voluntary beliefs must be acquired independently of truth-considerations, so they cannot count as beliefs after all, since beliefs aim at truth. Peels attempted to reply by showing that in cases of self-fulfilling