The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Reason's Conscience: A Practical Treatise on the Theory of Discovery; Wherein logic is conceived as Semeiotic’

Term: 
Truth
Quote: 

… to believe the absolute truth would be to have such a belief that under no circumstances, such as actually occur, should we find ourselves surprised.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1904). Reason's Conscience: A Practical Treatise on the Theory of Discovery; Wherein logic is conceived as Semeiotic. MS [R] 693
Date: 
1904
References: 
MS [R] 693: 166
Citation: 
‘Truth’ (pub. 14.04.13-12:12). 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-reasons-conscience-practical-treatise-theory-discovery-wherein-logic.
Posted: 
Apr 14, 2013, 12:12 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
May 19, 2015, 18:48 by Mats Bergman