The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Letter to J. H. Kehler’

Quote: 

believing, real genuine belief, consists in a habit with which one is contented and which one usually recognizes (though not always)[,], this habit consisting in the general fact that under certain circumstances one would act in a definite way, and would be content to do so.

Date: 
1911
References: 
NEM 3:191; MS [R] 764
Citation: 
‘Belief’ (pub. 06.03.16-19:07). 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-letter-j-h-kehler-7.
Posted: 
Mar 06, 2016, 19:07 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Mar 06, 2016, 19:33 by Mats Bergman