<p>The core of Van Leeuwen’s thesis is that the prescientific word ‘belief’ is multiply ambiguous between distinct cognitive kinds, just as the prescientific word ‘star’ can refer to a ball of gas or a planet. This book examines two of these cognitive kinds: factual belief and religious credence. After briefly discussing Van Leeuwen’s method, I examine the putative kindhood of factual belief and religious credence, arguing that the distinction between the two is not as clear-cut as Van Leeuwen makes it out to be. The distinction may consist in a continuum rather than discreet kinds.</p>