Quote from "Design and Chance [W]"

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Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘Habit’ (pub. 20.10.15-17:27). 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-design-and-chance-w.

Term:

Habit

Quote:

The main element of habit is the tendency to repeat any action which has been performed before. It is a phenomenon at least coëxtensive with life, and it may cover a still wider real realm.

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May not the laws of physics be habits gradually acquired by systems[?]

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1883-4). Design and Chance [W]. MS [R] 875; MS [W] 494.

References:

W 4:553

Date of Quote:

1883-4

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-design-and-chance-w