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‘Critic’ (pub. 13.10.15-11:06). 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-notes-portions-humes-treatise-human-nature-0.
Term: 
Critic
Quote: 

The function of logic, in its critical part, is to criticize the connection between premisses and conclusions.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1905). Notes on Portions of Hume's "Treatise on Human Nature". MS [R] 939.
References: 
MS [R] 939:16
Date of Quote: 
1905
URL: 

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