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‘Philosophy’ (pub. 14.03.18-13:43). 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-brief-intellectual-autobiography-charles-sanders-peirce-6.
Term: 
Philosophy
Quote: 

Philosophy merely analyzes the experience common to all men. The truth of this experience is not an object of an science because it cannot really be doubted.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1983). A Brief Intellectual Autobiography by Charles Sanders Peirce. The American Journal of Semiotics, 2(1-2), 61-83.
References: 
Peirce, 1983, p. 70; MS [R] L107:18
Date of Quote: 
1904
Editorial Annotations: 

This quote has been taken from Kenneth Laine Ketner's 1983 reconstruction of Peirce's 'Autobiography'

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