Deciding What to Believe with C S Peirce

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Charles Sanders Peirce and his 1877 article How to Fix Belief. Since Peirce argues for independent thought, I seek to go into what that means in contemporary society. Suitable for beginners to philosophy. Explains 4 ways people broadly use that guide them to make this inference rather than that one. It has some implications in philosophic method, ethics and especially politics.

0:00 Introduction
2:04 Guiding Principles
6:56 Belief Doubt and Inquiry
9:22 Philosophical Implications
11:08 Tenacity Method
13:20 Authority Method
20:00 A Priori Method
21:37 Scientific Method
29:46 Criticism

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