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Quote from ‘Lowell Lectures on The Logic of Science; or Induction and Hypothesis: Lecture IX’

Term: 
Likeness
Quote: 

A likeness represents its object by agreeing with it in some particular. [—] Scientifically speaking, a likeness is a representation grounded in some internal character - that is whose reference to a ground is prescindible.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1866). Lowell Lectures on The Logic of Science; or Induction and Hypothesis: Lecture IX. MS [R] 357; MS [W] 130
Date: 
1866
References: 
W 1:475
Citation: 
‘Likeness’ (pub. 18.08.13-08:57). 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-lowell-lectures-logic-science-or-induction-and-hypothesis-lecture-ix-2.
Posted: 
Aug 18, 2013, 08:57 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:55 by Commens Admin