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‘Habit’ (pub. 20.10.15-15:47). 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-deduction-induction-and-hypothesis-7.
Term: 
Habit
Quote: 

Induction infers a rule. Now, the belief of a rule is a habit. That a habit is a rule active in us, is evident. That every belief is of the nature of a habit, in so far as it is of a general character, has been shown in the earlier papers of this series. Induction, therefore, is the logical formula which expresses the physiological process of formation of a habit.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1878). Deduction, Induction, and Hypothesis. Popular Science Monthly, 13, 470-482.
References: 
CP 2.643; W 3:337
Date of Quote: 
1878
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