The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Lessons of the History of Science’

Quote: 

It is certain that the only hope of retroductive reasoning ever reaching the truth is that there may be some natural tendency toward an agreement between the ideas which suggest themselves to the human mind and those which are concerned in the laws of nature.

Date: 
1896 [c.]
References: 
CP 1.81
Citation: 
‘Retroduction’ (pub. 12.03.13-18:25). Quote in M. Bergman & S. Paavola (Eds.), The Commens Dictionary: Peirce's Terms in His Own Words. New Edition. Retrieved from http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-lessons-history-science-4.
Posted: 
Mar 12, 2013, 18:25 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 02, 2016, 16:06 by Mats Bergman