The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘A Neglected Argument for the Reality of God’

Term: 
Induction
Quote: 

… Observe that neither Deduction nor Induction contributes the smallest positive item to the final conclusion of the inquiry. They render the indefinite definite; Deduction Explicates; Induction evaluates: that is all.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1908). A Neglected Argument for the Reality of God
Date: 
1908
References: 
CP 6.475
Citation: 
‘Induction’ (pub. 03.02.13-19:39). 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-neglected-argument-reality-god-4.
Posted: 
Feb 03, 2013, 19:39 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 01:00 by Commens Admin