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‘Habituation’ (pub. 05.09.15-17:06). 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-training-reasoning-0.
Term: 
Habituation
Quote: 

The third of the psychological operations involved in reasoning is Habituation, – the power of readily taking habits and of readily throwing them off. There is no habit more useful [than] this habit of easily taking up and throwing off mental habits.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1898). Training in Reasoning. MS [R] 445.
References: 
RLT 189
Date of Quote: 
1898
URL: 

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