1. The Fixation of Belief by Charles Sanders Pierce
... key point is that in the usage of rationale, the "irritation of doubt" is uncomfortable to the point that it " causes a struggle to attain a state of belief." 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 ... that the experimental technique is substantial on the grounds that " experience of the method has not led us to doubt it." Pierce, however, does not critically break down and test his conclusions for the scientific met...
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