The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Logic. Chapter I. Thinking as Cerebration’

Term: 
Habit
Quote: 

Habit plays somewhat the same part in the history of individual that natural selection does in that of the species; namely, it causes actions to be directed toward ends.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1880). Logic. Chapter I. Thinking as Cerebration. MS [W] 354; MS [R] 748a; MS [R] S104
Date: 
1880
References: 
W 4:46
Citation: 
‘Habit’ (pub. 20.10.15-18:57). 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-logic-chapter-i-thinking-cerebration-0.
Posted: 
Oct 20, 2015, 18:57 by Mats Bergman