Ideas from 'How to Make our Ideas Clear' by Charles Sanders Peirce [1878], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Philosophical Writings of Peirce' by Peirce,Charles Sanders (ed/tr Buchler,Justus) [Dover 1940,0-486-20217-8]].
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3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth
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Truth is the opinion fated to be ultimately agreed by all investigators
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding
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Our whole conception of an object is its possible practical consequences
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / b. Elements of beliefs
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We are aware of beliefs, they appease our doubts, and they are rules of action, or habits
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 5. Meaning as Verification
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Non-positivist verificationism says only take a hypothesis seriously if it is scientifically based and testable [Ladyman/Ross]
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