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‘Thought’ (pub. 26.11.14-13:28). 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-meaning-preface.
Term: 
Thought
Quote: 

True Thought takes the form […] of a dialogue. For true thought is deliberate, and deliberation implies the asking of questions, and appeals to another personality for confirmation, objections, and other dialogic forms.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1909). Meaning Preface. MS [R] 637.
References: 
MS [R] 637:28
Date of Quote: 
1909
URL: 

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