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‘Assertion’ (pub. 07.03.16-11:00). 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-fourth-curiosity-12.
Term: 
Assertion
Quote: 

…a sign which belongs to a conventional system of possible signs, and which is intended and calculated to produce a belief in the mind to which it is addressed is an assertion.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1907). The Fourth Curiosity. MS [R] 200.
References: 
MS [R] 200:91
Date of Quote: 
1907
URL: 

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