In one work, he champions the scientific method as the best way of overcoming doubt, and in another he talks about "distinct" and "confused" conceptions.
In one work, this man provides definitions for "practice," "distinct," and "familiarity" to describe our conception of reality. He described a world of appearances known as "the phaneron," and he supported the maxim "Do not block the path of inquiry!" He argued that "agapeism" rather than the "Gospel of Greed" drove the evolutionary process. This philosopher listed "quality," "relation," and "representation" as the "firstness" through "thirdness" of his three ceno-pythagorean categories in "On a New List of Categories." In one work, he champions the scientific method as the best way of overcoming doubt, and in another he talks about "distinct" and "confused" conceptions. For 10 points, name this author of "The Fixation of Belief" and "How to Make Our Ideas Clear," an American Pragmatist.
In one work, this man provides definitions for "practice," "distinct," and "familiarity" to describe our conception of reality.
Charles Sanders Peirce