‘Association by Contiguity’ (pub. 26.07.15-16:18). 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-cambridge-lectures-reasoning-and-logic-things-habit-2.
Term:
Association by Contiguity
Quote:
…the association, instead of being a natural disposition of mind, may be an acquired habit of mind. That supposes that similar ideas have been conjoined in experience until they have become associated. That is termed association by contiguity.
Source:
Peirce, C. S. (1898). Cambridge Lectures on Reasoning and the Logic of Things: Habit. MS [R] 951.
URL:
http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-cambridge-lectures-reasoning-and-logic-things-habit-2