 Thus, both doubt and belief have positive effects upon us, though very different ones. Belief does not make us act at once, but puts us into such a condition that we shall behave in a certain way, when the occasion arises. Doubt has not the least effect...  How the Brain Evolved Language - Page 8by Donald Loritz - 2002 - 240 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Science - 1878 - 804 pages
...different ones. Belief does not make us act at once, but puts us into such a condition that we shall behave in a certain way, when the occasion arises. Doubt...destroyed. This reminds us of the irritation of a nerve and the reflex action produced thereby ; while for the analogue of belief, in the nervous system,... | |
 | Charles S. Peirce - Philosophy - 1955 - 424 pages
...when the occasion arises. Doubt has not the least such active effect, but stimulates us to inquiry until it is destroyed. This reminds us of the irritation of a nerve and the reflex action produced thereby; while for the analogue of belief, in the nervous system,... | |
 | Charles Sanders Peirce - Philosophy - 1966 - 484 pages
...different ones. Belief does not make us act at once, but puts us into such a condition that we shall behave in a certain way, when the occasion arises. Doubt...destroyed. This reminds us of the irritation of a nerve and the reflex action produced thereby; while for the analogue of belief, in the nervous system,... | |
 | Charles S. Peirce - Philosophy - 1982 - 388 pages
...different ones. Belief does not make us act at once, but puts us into such a condition that we shall behave in a certain way, when the occasion arises. Doubt...destroyed. This reminds us of the irritation of a nerve and the reflex action produced thereby; while for the analogue of belief, in the nervous system,... | |
 | Charles S. Peirce - Literary Criticism - 1982 - 680 pages
...diverse ones. Belief does not make us act at once but puts us into such a condition that we shall behave in a certain way, when the occasion arises. Doubt...the least effect of this sort, but stimulates us to try to destroy it. This reminds us of the irritation of a nerve and the reflex action produced thereby;... | |
 | Charles Sanders Peirce - Philosophy - 1998 - 368 pages
...different ones. Belief does not make us act at once, but puts us into such a condition that we shall behave in a certain way, when the occasion arises. Doubt...destroyed. This reminds us of the irritation of a nerve and the reflex action produced thereby; while for the analogue of belief, in the nervous system,... | |
 | Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra, Axel Wüstehube, Michael Quante - Philosophy - 1998 - 292 pages
...anything else. Belief docs not make us act at once, but puts us into such a condition that we shall behave in a certain way. when the occasion arises Doubt has not the least effect of this son, but stimulates us to action until u is destroyed.I0 Whether it is doubt or curiosity, for the... | |
 | Andrew Bailey - Philosophy - 2002 - 1002 pages
...Belief does not make us act at once, but puts us into such a condition that we shall behave in some certain way, when the occasion arises. Doubt has not...destroyed. This reminds us of the irritation of a nerve and the reflex action produced thereby; while for the analogue of belief, in the nervous system,... | |
 | S. Nassir Ghaemi - Medical - 2003 - 380 pages
...different ones. Belief does not make us act at once, but puts us into such a condition that we shall behave in a certain way, when the occasion arises. Doubt...but stimulates us to action until it is destroyed. . . . The irritation of doubt causes a struggle to attain a state of belief. I shall term this struggle... | |
 | Jacquelyn Kilpatrick - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 284 pages
...different ones. Belief does not make us act at once, but puts us into such a condition that we shall behave in a certain way, when the occasion arises. Doubt...but stimulates us to action until it is destroyed" (149-50). The inherent struggle between belief and doubt is at the heart of Louis Owens's latest work,... | |
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