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quantified predicate.
In a former paper I have endeavored to prove that all inference proceeds
by the substitution of one sign for another on the principle that a
sign of a sign is a sign & that reasoning differs according to the
different kinds of signs with which it deals, & that signs are of
three kinds, first, things similar to their objects, second, things
physically connected with their objects, as blushing is a sign of shame,
third general signs. The substitution of a general sign gives deductive
reasoning; the substitution of similars gives reasoning to an hypothesis,
as for example if I say this man’s coat hat mode of speaking etc.
are like a quaker therefore I suppose he is one; the substitution of
physical signs gives induction, as for example if I say all these samples
have been drawn at random from this collection & so the manner in
which have been drawn out physically necessitates their being a sign
of what the collection consists of. Since therefore these are red balls
all the collection are red balls. Letters
addressed to Robt. Thode & Co. Berlin will reach me.
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Transcription by Sara Barrena (2008)
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Proyecto de investigación "La correspondencia europea de C. S. Peirce: creatividad y ccooperación científica (Universidad de Navarra 2007-09)
Fecha del documento: 27 de mayo 2008
Última actualización: 14 de septiembre 2017