The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Lecture I [R]’

Quote: 

…no sooner have we drawn a conclusion, than we begin to turn upon it with a critic’s eye, and to ask whether it really conformed to our logical ideals. Indeed, unless we do this, in the proper use of language the operation ought not to be called reasoning; for reasoning properly means controlled thought, and the only possible control consists in critical review, or self-confession.

Date: 
1903
References: 
MS [R] 451:12-13
Citation: 
‘Reasoning’ (pub. 22.09.14-20:13). 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-lecture-i-r-3.
Posted: 
Sep 22, 2014, 20:13 by Mats Bergman