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‘Belief’ (pub. 20.03.13-20:14). 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-pragmatism-3.
Term: 
Belief
Quote: 

In particular, he [Nicholas St. John Green] often urged the importance of applying Bain’s definition of belief, as “that upon which a man is prepared to act.” From this definition, pragmatism is scarce more than a corollary; so that I am disposed to think of him as the grandfather of pragmatism.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1907). Pragmatism. MS [R] 318.
References: 
CP 5.12
Date of Quote: 
1907
URL: 

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