Quote from "C.S.P.'s Lowell Lectures of 1903 2nd Draught of 3rd Lecture"

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Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘Logic’ (pub. 25.11.14-17:33). 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-csps-lowell-lectures-1903-2nd-draught-3rd-lecture-1.

Term:

Logic

Quote:

…logic is the science of regulating your thoughts so as not to be surprised when it can be avoided; and therefore whatever is said in logic about the modes of being of qualities, of laws, etc must be understood as regulative truth in Kant’s sense.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1903). C.S.P.'s Lowell Lectures of 1903 2nd Draught of 3rd Lecture. MS [R] 462.

References:

MS [R] 462:46

Date of Quote:

1903

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-csps-lowell-lectures-1903-2nd-draught-3rd-lecture-1