The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘L [R]’

Term: 
Science
Quote: 

…if I am asked to what the wonderful success of science is due, I shall suggest that to gain the secret of that, it is necessary to consider science as living, and therefore not as knowledge already acquired but as the concrete life of the men who are working to find out the truth.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1906 [c.]). L [R]. MS [R] 601
Date: 
1906 [c.]
References: 
MS [R] 601:3-4
Citation: 
‘Science’ (pub. 18.05.15-17:20). 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-l-r.
Posted: 
May 18, 2015, 17:19 by Mats Bergman
Published: 
May 18, 2015, 17:20