Quote from "Lessons of the History of Science"

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Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘Retroduction’ (pub. 12.03.13-18:25). 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-lessons-history-science-4.

Term:

Retroduction

Quote:

It is certain that the only hope of retroductive reasoning ever reaching the truth is that there may be some natural tendency toward an agreement between the ideas which suggest themselves to the human mind and those which are concerned in the laws of nature.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1896 [c.]). Lessons of the History of Science. MS [R] 1288.

References:

CP 1.81

Date of Quote:

1896 [c.]

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-lessons-history-science-4