Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is …

Charles Sanders Peirce
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Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation of the practical side of logic. ✨ Charles Sanders Peirce, Morris Raphael Cohen, John Dewey (1968). Chance, love, and logic philosophical essays, p.28, Charles Sander Peirce
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Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation of the practical side of logic. ✨ Charles Sanders Peirce, Morris Raphael Cohen, John Dewey (1968). Chance, love, and logic philosophical essays, p.28, Charles Sander Peirce

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