The ability to believe in something is a function of the imagination.
View are mental constructions as they break down under scrutiny at a lower level of abstraction. Since an average person cannot discern the realities at lower levels of abstraction some view and confidence in these view.
See: Vipallasa Sutta
The power of belief is the power of the imagination.
Certain beliefs arise thought logical or imaginative thinking or attractiveness of a teaching or what has been imagined. Many wrong beliefs stem from imagination. But finally what you should believe is what you can verify at the experiential level.
How does one differentiate between conceptualizing and using one's imagination ?
Conceptualisations are result of imagination and discerning them is difficult. When you start seeing the ultimate realities then you can see that certain concepts break down at a lower level of abstraction, then these are conceptualisation of one's own imagination.
Also see: The Notion of Diṭṭhi by Piya Tan, The Dhamma Theory: Philosophical Cornerstone of the Abhidhamma by Y. Karunadasa for more on this areas.
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