The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Fragments [R]’

Term: 
Inference
Quote: 

An argumentation within one’s own mind, by which the thinker is more or less inclined to believe something, or by which he sees that something must be true, is called an inference.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (nd). Fragments [R]. MS [R] 839
Date: 
nd
References: 
MS [R] 839
Citation: 
‘Inference’ (pub. 24.11.15-18:00). 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-fragments-r-3.
Posted: 
Nov 24, 2015, 18:00 by Mats Bergman