Peirce: Fixation of Belief Flashcards
1
Q
a priori
A
believe what feels natural to reason
2
Q
authority
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believe what the authorities say is true
3
Q
tenacity
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willfully adhere to what we already believe
4
Q
scientific
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beliefs caused by nothing human, but some external permanency; our thinking has no effect
5
Q
Peirce says the objects of reasoning is:
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to take what you know and find/learning something you don’t know
6
Q
Peirce says that belief
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shapes our behaviors
7
Q
Peirce says that doubt
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makes us act at once because like an itch, it is something we want to remove
