In deduction the mind is under the dominion of a habit or association by virtue of which a general idea suggests in each case a corresponding reaction. This is the way the hind legs of a frog separated from the rest of the body, reason, when you pinch them. It is the lowest form of psychical manifestation.


The Law of Mind (1892)

Charles Sanders Peirce Quotes

In deduction the mind is under the dominion of a habit or association by virtue of which a general idea suggests in each case a corresponding...

In deduction the mind is under the dominion of a habit or association by virtue of which a general idea suggests in each case a corresponding...

In deduction the mind is under the dominion of a habit or association by virtue of which a general idea suggests in each case a corresponding...

In deduction the mind is under the dominion of a habit or association by virtue of which a general idea suggests in each case a corresponding...