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‘Assertion’ (pub. 23.09.14-15:59). 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-lectures-logic-be-delivered-lowell-institute-winter-1903-1904-lecture-i.
Term: 
Assertion
Quote: 

An act of assertion is a contract, the effect of which is that if what is asserted is not true, the assertor forfeits in a measure his reputation for veracity.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1903). Lectures on Logic, to be delivered at the Lowell Institute. Winter of 1903-1904. Lecture I. MS [R] 454.
References: 
MS [R] 454:5
Date of Quote: 
1903
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