1. The Fixation of Belief by Charles Sanders Pierce
Analyzing the basic personality, Pierce composes that this battle has as its sole protest " the settlement of opinion " around an actuality as opposed to knowing reality of the truth itself; he reminds us that a "true conclusion would remain true if we had no impulse to accept it." ... " Pierce, however, does not critically break down and test his conclusions for the scientific method as completely and critically as he attempts for other ways of knowing. ... Pierce conjures the inclination of disappointment as the foundation for examination of two restricted or "repugnant" plans; oppos...
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