Quote from "Materials for Monist Article: The Consequences of Pragmaticism. Vols. I and II [R]"

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Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘Doubt’ (pub. 05.09.15-15:45). Quote in M. Bergman & S. Paavola (Eds.), The Commens Dictionary: Peirce's Terms in His Own Words. New Edition. Retrieved from http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-materials-monist-article-consequences-pragmaticism-vols-i-and-ii-r.

Term:

Doubt

Quote:

Doubt is a state of mind characterized by a feeling of uneasiness. Nevertheless, we cannot from a logical, and especially from a pragmaticistical point of view, regard the doubt as consisting in feeling. [—] A true doubt is […] a doubt which really interferes with the proper action of a belief-habit.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1905). Materials for Monist Article: The Consequences of Pragmaticism. Vols. I and II [R]. MS [R] 288.

References:

MS [R] 288:8-10

Date of Quote:

1905

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-materials-monist-article-consequences-pragmaticism-vols-i-and-ii-r