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‘Inference’ (pub. 24.11.15-18:00). 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-fragments-r-3.
Term: 
Inference
Quote: 

An argumentation within one’s own mind, by which the thinker is more or less inclined to believe something, or by which he sees that something must be true, is called an inference.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (nd). Fragments [R]. MS [R] 839.
References: 
MS [R] 839
Date of Quote: 
nd
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