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‘Inference’ (pub. 05.03.18-13:32). 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-short-logic-16.
Term: 
Inference
Quote: 

…inference, or the conscious and controlled adoption of a belief as a consequence of other knowledge.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1895). Short Logic: Chapter I. Of Reasoning in General. MS [R] 595.
References: 
EP 2:22; CP 2.442
Date of Quote: 
1895
URL: 

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