The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Hume's Argument against Miracles, and the Idea of Natural Law (Hume)’

Term: 
Belief
Quote: 

A state of belief is when a man has a habit, knows he has it, and is satisfied with having it. [—] A man believes in a proposition when he is, and knows he is, and is satisfied to be in such a state that he will act on every pertinent occasion in such ways as would result as consequences of that proposition, taken in connected with other propositions he believes.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1901). Hume's Argument against Miracles, and the Idea of Natural Law (Hume). MS [R] 873
Date: 
1901
References: 
MS [R] 873:4 (var.)
Editorial Annotations: 

From an alternate, probably discarded draft

Citation: 
‘Belief’ (pub. 12.03.18-11:27). 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-humes-argument-against-miracles-and-idea-natural-law-hume-4.
Posted: 
Mar 12, 2018, 11:27 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Mar 12, 2018, 11:41 by Mats Bergman