The Commens Dictionary

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

Term: 
Heuretic Science
Quote: 

Science of Discovery is that science which is pursued simply to find out the truth, regardless of what is to be done with that knowledge.

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: 
NEM 4:191
Citation: 
‘Heuretic Science’ (pub. 19.05.15-18:57). 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-reasons-conscience-practical-treatise-theory-discovery-wherein-logic-3.
Posted: 
May 19, 2015, 18:57 by Mats Bergman