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‘Deduction’ (pub. 19.10.15-18:40). 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-second-talk-phil-club-and-second-talk-deduction.
Term: 
Deduction
Quote: 

Several years reconsideration leads to this new definition. Not necessary but compulsive reasoning. [—] Deduction points to the premisses & to their relation & then shakes its fist in your face and tells you “By the eternal powers, you have got to admit the conclusion.[“] [—] Compulsive means that you are logically forced to admit the conclusion.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1907). Second Talk to the Phil. Club [and] Second Talk. On Deduction. MS [R] 754.
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MS [R] 754
Date of Quote: 
1907
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