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Motivation is the reason or reasons one has for taking certain actions or believing certain things. Related: Desire, Values. Many questions can asked about motivation such as: i) what does/could/should motivate people? ii) which stated motivations are true motivations, iii) which motivations are valid vs invalid? iv) How does motivation even work?
In the context of belief, a valid motivation for believing something might be having encountered Bayesian evidence for it; in contrast, simply wishing something were true is a poor motivation for believing and often results motivated reasoning [link need]....