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Weekly Quote: Peirce on Reason, Belief, and Logic

By , About.com Guide   February 15, 2004

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Few persons care to study logic, because everybody conceives himself to be proficient enough in the art of reasoning already. But I observe that this satisfaction is limited to one's own ratiocination, and does not extend to that of other men.
- Charles Peirce, The Fixation of Belief

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