 ... 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, we must look to what are called nervous associations — for example, to that habit...  How the Brain Evolved Language - Page 87by Donald Loritz - 2002 - 240 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Science - 1878 - 804 pages
...belief, in the nervous system, we must look to what are called nervous associations — for example, to that habit of the nerves in consequence of which the smell of a peach will make the mouth water. IV. The irritation of doubt causes a struggle to attain a state of belief. I shall term this struggle... | |
 | Charles S. Peirce - Philosophy - 1955 - 424 pages
...belief, in the nervous system, we must look to what are called nervous associations — for example, to that habit of the nerves in consequence of which the smell of a peach will make the mouth water. The irritation of doubt causes a struggle to attain a state of belief. I shall term this struggle Inquiry,... | |
 | Charles Sanders Peirce - Philosophy - 1966 - 484 pages
...belief, in the nervous system, we must look to what are called nervous associations—for example, to that habit of the nerves in consequence of which the smell of a peach will make the mouth water. rv The irritation of doubt causes a straggle to attain a state of belief. 9 I shall term this struggle... | |
 | William L. Rosensohn - Philosophy - 1974 - 124 pages
...belief, in the nervous system, we must look to what is called nervous associations - for example, the habit of the nerves in consequence of which the smell of a peach will make the mouth water (5.373). Peirce's views on the physiology of thought developed rapidly. The stimulus of teaching at... | |
 | Charles S. Peirce - Philosophy - 1982 - 388 pages
...belief, in the nervous system, we must look to what are called nervous associations — for example, to that habit of the nerves in consequence of which the smell of a peach will make the mouth water. IV. The irritation of doubt causes a struggle to attain a state of belief. I shall term this struggle... | |
 | Charles S. Peirce - Literary Criticism - 1982 - 680 pages
...belief, in the nervous system, we must look to what are called nervous associations — for example, to that habit of the nerves in consequence of which the smell of a peach will make the mouth water. IV The irritation of doubt causes a struggle to attain a state of belief. I shall term this struggle... | |
 | Charles Sanders Peirce - Philosophy - 1998 - 368 pages
...belief, in the nervous system, we must look to what are called nervous associations — for example, to that habit of the nerves in consequence of which the smell of a peach will make the mouth water. * I am not speaking of secondary effects occasionally produced by the interference of other impulses.... | |
 | Andrew Bailey - Philosophy - 2002 - 1002 pages
...belief, in the nervous system, we must look to what are called nervous associations — for example, to that habit of the nerves in consequence of which the smell of a peach will make the mouth water. ' j . .; IV. The irritation of doubt causes a struggle to attain a state of belief. I shall term this... | |
 | Russell B. Goodman - Philosophy - 2005 - 332 pages
...belief, in the nervous system, we must look to what are called nervous associations — for example, to that habit of the nerves in consequence of which the smell of a peach will make the mouth water. IV The irritation of doubt causes a struggle to attain a state of belief. I shall term this struggle... | |
 | David S. Clarke - Philosophy - 2007 - 122 pages
...belief, in the nervous system, we must look to what are called nervous associations — for example, to that habit of the nerves in consequence of which the smell of a peach will make the mouth water.8 If inquiry brought on by doubt is an interruption of normal sensory-motor connections, the... | |
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