Featuring David Prentiss, Tim Clarke, Peter Oppenheim. Recorded July 19, 2015. "The Fixation of Belief" was the first of four essays he wrote for Popular Science Monthly in 1877-8. In the essay, Peirce introduces his concepts of belief, doubt, and inquiry. He also proposes four types of intellectual activity that result in fixed beliefs. His purpose in this is to show that  Continue Reading …