Which of the following words is the closest in meaning to "dilettantism"?
Explanation:
Dilettantism is used to denote a sense of inexperience, unpreparedness, clumsiness, crudeness, ham-handedness or heavy-handedness. In the last paragraph, it is stated that ‘Peirce acknowledges that some people like to think about things or argue about them without caring to find a true belief, but he asserts that such dilettantism does not constitute thought’. Since it is said that thinking or arguing about things without caring to find the true belief does not constitute thought, it is clear that ‘such dilettantism’ refers to a guess being made without a strong base. Hence, the correct answer is option 3.
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