The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Design and Chance [W]’

Term: 
Habit
Quote: 

The main element of habit is the tendency to repeat any action which has been performed before. It is a phenomenon at least coëxtensive with life, and it may cover a still wider real realm.

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May not the laws of physics be habits gradually acquired by systems[?]

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1883-4). Design and Chance [W]. MS [R] 875; MS [W] 494
Date: 
1883-4
References: 
W 4:553
Citation: 
‘Habit’ (pub. 20.10.15-17:27). 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-design-and-chance-w.
Posted: 
Oct 20, 2015, 17:27 by Mats Bergman