The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Pragmatism, Prag [R]’

Term: 
Experience
Quote: 

The breaking of a belief can only be due to some novel experience, whether external or internal. Now experience which could be summoned up at pleasure would not be experience.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1905 [c.]). Pragmatism, Prag [R]. MS [R] 291
Date: 
1905 [c.]
References: 
CP 5.524
Citation: 
‘Experience’ (pub. 24.05.14-18:54). 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-prag-0.
Posted: 
May 24, 2014, 18:54 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
May 24, 2014, 18:54 by Mats Bergman