‘Ratiocination’ (pub. 03.02.13-09:00). 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-essay-toward-improving-our-reasoning-security-and-uberty-3.
Quote:
Reasoning-power; or Ratiocination, called by some Dianoetic Reason, is the power of drawing inferences that tend toward the truth, when their premises or the virtual assertions from which they set out are true.
Source:
Peirce, C. S. (1913). An Essay toward Improving Our Reasoning in Security and in Uberty. MS [R] 682.
URL:
http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-essay-toward-improving-our-reasoning-security-and-uberty-3