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‘Deduction’ (pub. 12.03.18-16:14). 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-three-kinds-reasoning-r.
Term: 
Deduction
Quote: 

By deduction I mean that kind of reasoning which if it be sound, and if its premisses are true, renders its conclusion certain.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1910 [c.]). On the Three Kinds of Reasoning [R]. MS [R] 755.
References: 
MS [R] 755:5
Date of Quote: 
1910 [c.]
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