A person thinks that s/he has to keep awake for twenty hours in a day to score well in an examination. But he is awake for only fifteen hours. For the above statement, which of the following options will be right, according to Peirce’s theory?
Explanation:
In the second paragraph, the author states that, “Once we achieve a belief, we can take the necessary action to reach our destination. Objectively, a belief is a rule of action. The whole purpose of thought consists in overcoming a doubt and attaining a belief.” Thus, if a person should keep awake for twenty hours in a day to score well in an examination, but is awake for only fifteen hours, it is clear that necessary action to reach the destination has not been taken. We can thus conclude that the person does not have true belief in what he thinks. Hence, the correct answer is option 2.
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