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‘Argument’ (pub. 05.03.18-16:23). 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-existential-graphs-5.
Term: 
Argument
Quote: 

An argument is a bad name for a symbol in which the representative element, or reason, is distinctly expressed. It may be used either to produce belief or in various ways.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1898). On Existential Graphs. MS [R] 484.
References: 
MS [R] 484:8
Date of Quote: 
1898
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