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Single Idea 14765

[filed under theme 12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 2. Associationism ]

Full Idea

The doctrine of the association of ideas is, to my thinking, the finest piece of philosophical work of the prescientific ages.

Gist of Idea

Association of ideas is the best philosophical idea of the prescientific age

Source

Charles Sanders Peirce (Concerning the Author [1897], p.2)

Book Ref

Peirce,Charles Sanders: 'Philosophical Writings of Peirce', ed/tr. Buchler,Justus [Dover 1940], p.2