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‘Belief’ (pub. 20.10.15-17:46). 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-algebra-logic-0.
Term: 
Belief
Quote: 

A cerebral habit of the highest kind, which will determine what we do in fancy as well as what we do in action, is called a belief.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1880). On the Algebra of Logic. American Journal of Mathematics, 3, 15-57.
References: 
W 4:164; CP 3.160
Date of Quote: 
1880
URL: 

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