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Term: 
Mathematics
Quote: 

Mathematics is the science of hypotheses, – the science of what is supposable. Supposable does not mean directly imaginable, it means what makes sense.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1903). Lowell Lectures. 1903. Lecture 3. 1st draught. MS [R] 458.
References: 
MS [R] 458:3-4
Date of Quote: 
1903
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