Association of Ideas

Keyword: Association of Ideas


Dictionary Entry | Posted 25/10/2015
Quote from "Some Consequences of Four Incapacities"

The association of ideas is said to proceed according to three principles – those of resemblance, of contiguity, and of causality. But it would be equally true to say that signs denote what they...

Article in Journal | Posted 30/10/2014
Massecar, Aaron (2012). Peirce's Interesting Associations
The article discusses the American pragmatic philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce's theory on the association of ideas. The impact that the philosophy of the empiricist David Hume had on Peirce...