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‘Mathematics’ (pub. 29.08.14-09:06). 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-dyadics-simplest-possible-mathematics.
Term: 
Mathematics
Quote: 

Mathematics will here be understood to be the science which sets up hypotheses with a view to doing what it proceeds to do, namely, to deduce their consequences, and to study the methods of doing so.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1903 [c.]). On Dyadics: the Simplest Possible Mathematics. MS [R] 3.
References: 
MS [R] 3:1
Date of Quote: 
1903 [c.]
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