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‘Cenoscopy’ (pub. 15.10.12-08:37). 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-review-wilhelm-wundts-principles-physiological-psychology.
Term: 
Cenoscopy
Quote: 

The sort of science that is founded upon the common experience of all men was recognized by Jeremy Bentham under the name of cenoscopy, in opposition to idioscopy, which discovers new phenomena.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1905). Review of Wilhelm Wundt's Principles of Physiological Psychology. The Nation, 81, 56-57.
References: 
CP 8.199
Date of Quote: 
1905
URL: 

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