‘Hypothesis [as a form of reasoning]’ (pub. 02.02.13-17:10). 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-harvard-lectures-logic-science-lecture-xi.
Term:
Hypothesis [as a form of reasoning]
Quote:
Hence the ground of deduction relates to symbols; that of induction to things; that of hypothesis to forms.
[—] And the hypothetic inference attained certainty by having only a subjective character.
Source:
Peirce, C. S. (1865). Harvard Lectures on the Logic of Science. Lecture XI. MS [W] 107; MS [R] 348.
URL:
http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-harvard-lectures-logic-science-lecture-xi