Tenacity, Authority, Plausibility, Inquiry

Peircers,

It never ceases to amaze me how often I run across discussions
here and there on the web that bring to mind Peirce's insights
and make them seem as fresh as if they were penned in our time.

I recorded today's instance in the following blog post:

Re: Peter Cameron
At: http://cameroncounts.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/mathematics-and-logic/

My favorite polymathematician, Charles Sanders Peirce, gave a fourfold classification of what he
called “methods of fixing belief”, or “settling opinion”, most notably and seminally in his paper,
“The Fixation of Belief (http://www.cspeirce.com/menu/library/bycsp/fixation/fx-frame.htm)” (1877). 
  Adjusting his nomenclature slightly, if only for the sake of preserving a mnemonic rhyme scheme,
we may refer to his four types as Tenacity, Authority, Plausibility (à priori pleasingness),
and full-fledged Scientific Inquiry.

http://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2013/01/15/tenacity-authority-plausibility-inquiry/

Regards,

Jon

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