Descartes says that for all he knows, God or an evil genius might be deceiving him right now. So, he says, he will suspend his judgment about whether anything around him is what it appears to be. Do...

Descartes says that for all he knows, God or an evil genius might be deceiving him right now. So, he says, he will suspend his judgment about whether anything around him is what it appears to be. Do you think it’s possible for anyone to do this? That is, is it possible for you to make yourself believe something just by deciding to do that? And is it possible for you to make yourself stop believing something you’ve always believed? Is belief like a light switch that you can turn on or off as you wish? Or is belief something that is forced on you by the events around you?