Nick,
Would you explain further your notion that belief is that on which we act.
Does this imply for you that a lack of action implies a lack of belief? For
example, I believe that the earth is round, but I don't act on that belief.
Does that mean I do't really have that belief? How does this work
Thanks, Eric.
I am sure Bayes and and Peirce would have got on famously. Unfortunately, this
can only be surmise for me, because despite attempts by many kind people to
explain Bayes to me, nothing has ever stuck. I am ever hopeful, but afraid I
am demonstrably not worth further investment
Thanks greatly Nick,
It is very helpful to me to see these premises laid out in a systematic way,
since I am nowhere near having the resources of either time or brain to try to
read this material myself.
As you say, it fits well as a description of the events that make up a
problem-solver's
Dear Eric Smith (and other patient people),
I have been trying to get the chance to lay this out for three days, and have
just not had the time. I am enthralled at the moment by the scientific
philosophy of Charles Saunders Peirce because, weird as it is, it seems to
capture a lot of what
