The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘A Neglected Argument for the Reality of God’

Quote: 

Concerning the question of the nature of the logical validity possessed by Deduction, Induction, and Retroduction, which is still an arena of controversy, I shall confine myself to stating the opinions which I am prepared to defend by positive proofs. The validity of Deduction was correctly, if not very clearly, analyzed by Kant. This kind of reasoning deals exclusively with Pure Ideas attaching primarily to Symbols and derivatively to other Signs of our own creation; and the fact that man has a power of Explicating his own meaning renders Deduction valid.

Date: 
1908
References: 
CP 6.472-473
Citation: 
‘Deduction’ (pub. 02.02.13-11:15). 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-neglected-argument-reality-god.
Posted: 
Feb 02, 2013, 11:15 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 01:00 by Commens Admin