Charles Sanders Peirce Quotes about Belief

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The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit.

The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit.

Charles Sanders Peirce

Essence, Belief, Habit

Charles Sanders Peirce (1991). “Peirce on Signs: Writings on Semiotic”, p.166, UNC Press Books

Whenever a man acts purposively, he acts under a belief in some experimental phenomenon. Consequently, the sum of the experimental phenomena that a proposition implies makes up its entire bearing upon human conduct.

Charles Sanders Peirce

Men, Belief, Humans

Charles Sanders Peirce (1974). “Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce”, p.285, Harvard University Press