In the essay “How to Make Our Ideas Clear” Charles S. Peirce discusses that “the state of doubt is the cause of thought”. The purpose of thought is to resolve doubt and bring us into a state of belief. Once we are in that state, our thought on that subject will end. He explains, "The soul and meaning of thought is the production of belief. Belief urge us to act a certain way. All of our actions are results of beliefs. While belief will not necessarily cause us to immediately go out and act in a particular way, it will cause us to act in a certain way when the appropriate situation comes up. Any action we take will necessity have an underlying belief that causes that action.
Our idea of anything is its sensible effects. We come to our
Our idea of anything is its sensible effects. We come to our