The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Cambridge Lectures on Reasoning and the Logic of Things: Habit’

Term: 
Association by Contiguity
Quote: 

…the association, instead of being a natural disposition of mind, may be an acquired habit of mind. That supposes that similar ideas have been conjoined in experience until they have become associated. That is termed association by contiguity.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1898). Cambridge Lectures on Reasoning and the Logic of Things: Habit. MS [R] 951
Date: 
1898
References: 
RLT 235; CP 7.499
Citation: 
‘Association by Contiguity’ (pub. 26.07.15-16:18). 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-cambridge-lectures-reasoning-and-logic-things-habit-2.
Posted: 
Jul 26, 2015, 16:18 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Jul 26, 2015, 16:19 by Mats Bergman