‘Argument’ (pub. 26.05.14-13:40). 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-logical-critique-essential-articles-religious-faith-2.
Quote:
An argument […] is nearly equivalent to “premiss” or “copulate premiss,” i.e. a body of premisses having a single intention, and is a known or pretended fact which is intended to serve as a Sign of the reality of another fact, its Conclusion.
Source:
Peirce, C. S. (1911). A Logical Critique of Essential Articles of Religious Faith. MS [R] 852.
URL:
http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-logical-critique-essential-articles-religious-faith-2