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Quote from ‘Lowell Lectures on Some Topics of Logic Bearing on Questions Now Vexed. Eighth Lecture, Abduction’

Quote: 

But even then the likelihood would not weigh with me directly, as such, but because it would become a factor in what really is in all cases the leading consideration in Abduction, which is the question of Economy – Economy of money, time, thought, and energy.

Date: 
1903
References: 
CP 5.600
Citation: 
‘Abduction’ (pub. 04.01.13-15:33). 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-lowell-lectures-some-topics-logic-bearing-questions-now-vexed-eighth-lecture.
Posted: 
Jan 04, 2013, 15:33 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 01:01 by Commens Admin