Charles Sanders Peirce -According to Peirce,natural Selection Is Likely to Select Habits of Select

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Charles Sanders Peirce
-According to Peirce,natural selection is likely to select habits of mind that tend to yield true beliefs in regards to practical matters.What about habits of mind that have little to do with practical matters? In regards to these habits of mind,natural selection would

• A)select habits of mind that are optimistic and leave the organism in peace.
• B)select habits of mind that are paranoid so as to keep the organism alert.
• C)select habits of mind that are widely varied in nature so as to provide the organism with a flexible mind.
• D)select habits of mind that are more suitable for life in the Pleistocene era.

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