ONT Re: Just In Time Logic
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JITL. Note 9
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| Chapter 2. Of Inquiry
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| The irritation of doubt causes a struggle to attain a state of belief.
| This struggle I shall term 'inquiry', though it must be admitted that
| this is sometimes not a very apt designation.
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| The irritation of doubt is the only immediate motive for the struggle
| to attain belief. It is certainly best for us that our beliefs should
| be such as may truly guide our actions so as to satisfy our desires; and
| this reflection will make us reject any belief which does not seem to have
| been so formed as to insure this result. But it will only do so by creating
| a doubt in place of that belief. With the doubt therefore the struggle begins
| and with the cessation of doubt it ends. Hence, the sole object of inquiry is
| the settlement [...]
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| C.S. Peirce, CE 3, p. 23.
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| C.S. Peirce, "Chapter 2. Of Inquiry", MS 188, May-June 1872, pages 23-24 in:
|'Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Volume 3, 1872-1878',
| Peirce Edition Project, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 1986.
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