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‘Reasoning’ (pub. 22.09.14-20:13). 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-lecture-i-r-3.
Term: 
Reasoning
Quote: 

…no sooner have we drawn a conclusion, than we begin to turn upon it with a critic’s eye, and to ask whether it really conformed to our logical ideals. Indeed, unless we do this, in the proper use of language the operation ought not to be called reasoning; for reasoning properly means controlled thought, and the only possible control consists in critical review, or self-confession.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1903). Lecture I [R]. MS [R] 451.
References: 
MS [R] 451:12-13
Date of Quote: 
1903
URL: 

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