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‘Concept’ (pub. 14.10.15-20:21). 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-71.
Term: 
Concept
Quote: 

Concepts are mental habits; habits formed by exercise of the imagination.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1907). Pragmatism. MS [R] 318.
References: 
MS [R] 318:44
Date of Quote: 
1907
URL: 

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