[MD] IMO
ARLO J BENSINGER JR
ajb102 at psu.edu
Mon Apr 27 16:39:02 PDT 2009
[Andrew to Marsha]
..we do not hold patterns that we think are false... Consider Orwell's
"doublethink" concept.
[Arlo]
This is also a central point in Peirce's essay "The Fixation of Belief".
http://www.peirce.org/writings/p107.html
"The most that can be maintained is, that we seek for a belief that we shall
think to be true. But we think each one of our beliefs to be true, and, indeed,
it is mere tautology to say so." (Peirce)
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