The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Pragmatism’

Term: 
Association
Quote: 

The great founders of associationalism and of scientific psychology (after Aristotle), the Rev. Mr. Gay and Dr. David Hartley, usefully limited the term “association” to the process whereby one idea acquires the power to attract another from the depths of memory to the surface of consciousness, and to the habit resulting from this process.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1907). Pragmatism. MS [R] 318
Date: 
1907
References: 
EP 2:552 n. 12
Citation: 
‘Association’ (pub. 26.07.15-18:37). 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-pragmatism-27.
Posted: 
Jul 26, 2015, 18:37 by Mats Bergman