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Quote from ‘Harvard Lectures on the Logic of Science. Lecture XI’

Term: 
Hypothesis [as a form of reasoning]
Quote: 

Hence the ground of deduction relates to symbols; that of induction to things; that of hypothesis to forms.

[—] And the hypothetic inference attained certainty by having only a subjective character.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1865). Harvard Lectures on the Logic of Science. Lecture XI. MS [W] 107; MS [R] 348
Date: 
1865
References: 
W 1:290
Citation: 
‘Hypothesis [as a form of reasoning]’ (pub. 02.02.13-17:10). 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-harvard-lectures-logic-science-lecture-xi.
Posted: 
Feb 02, 2013, 17:10 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 01:00 by Commens Admin