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Term: 
Habit-taking
Quote: 

Is this classification of “mental states” as feelings and thoughts sufficiently scientific? Is it not better to adopt the logical division not of “mental states” but of mental elements, into feeling-qualities, reactions (volition and experience), and habit-taking?

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1891 [c.]). Questions on William James's Principles of Psychology 1. MS [R] 1099.
References: 
CP 8.80
Date of Quote: 
1891 [c.]
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