@article{Kasser2011,
author = "Jeff Kasser",
title = "{How Settled are Settled Beliefs in ''The Fixation of Belief''?}",
year = 2011,
journal = "Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society",
volume = 47,
number = "2",
pages = "226-247",
issn = "00091774",
abstract = "{The article discusses the article “The Fixation of Belief" by Charles S. Peirce, focusing on the idea of fixity or stability of belief. The epistemological views of philosophers such as Rene Descartes, David Hume, and Louis Loeb are referenced, and an argument is presented that Peirce's views are closer to Hume's than they are to those of Descartes. Peirce's reasoning is said to explain the effectiveness of the scientific method in terms of beliefs which remain stable within a specific context, without relying on the concept of permanently fixed beliefs.}",
keywords = "Belief, The Fixation of Belief, Descartes, Hume, Louis Loeb",
language = "English",
note = "From the Commens Bibliography | \url{http://www.commens.org/bibliography/journal_article/kasser-jeff-2011-how-settled-are-settled-beliefs-fixation-belief}"
}
