Dear Folks,
I notice that Peirces lst three methods of fixing
believe are part of the fourth or scientific method.Science is basically a
method that gathers multiplebeliefs and combines them with reason to
produce warranted belief. Individual belief (without resort to any
authority other
Dear Folks,
Part of what I'm trying to say is that its not as
though the scientific method were an entirely independent alternative to the
other three methods. On the contrary the scientific method is built upon
and incorporates the other three methods. The lst threeare not
discredited
Jim Piat and list:
Jim, your analysis (see below) agrees with something I worked out on
this from a different but complementary perspective some years ago in
the process of teaching from "The Fixation of Belief" in my intro
classes. I've also used it here a number of times but perhaps
never
Clark and list,
Thanks for the reference to Timothy Williamson.I do not see any direct connection to Peirce but one could be made in terms of factoringbeliefs or maybe dispositionsinto prime/composite and contents into narrow/broad.I don't know how all of this would work. The unpublished
On Sep 28, 2006, at 10:56 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Thanks for the reference to Timothy Williamson. I do not see any direct connection to PeirceNote I wasn't pushing for a direct connection. Far from it. More the idea that knowledge is a basic cognitive state. However I think Peirce clearly
But
I would disagree with this part of what you say, Jim. Considered
simply as methods in their own rights, I don't think one wants to speak
of them as being incorporated AS methods within the fourth
method. As a methodic approach to answering questions the method
of tenacity is surely just a kind
