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Single Idea 19255

[filed under theme 15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 5. Generalisation by mind ]

Full Idea

The generalising tendency is the great law of mind.

Gist of Idea

Generalisation is the great law of mind

Source

Charles Sanders Peirce (Reasoning and the Logic of Things [1898], VII)

Book Ref

Peirce,Charles Sanders: 'Reasoning and the Logic of Things', ed/tr. Ketner,K.L. [Harvard 1992], p.241

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A Reaction

How else could a small and compact mind get a grip on a vast and diverse reality? This must even apply to inarticulate higher animals.