The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘The Basis of Pragmaticism’

Term: 
Substance
Quote: 

…whenever we speak of a predicate we are representing a thought as a thing, as a substantia, since the concepts of substance and subject are one, its concomitants only being different in the two cases.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1906). The Basis of Pragmaticism. MS [R] 283
Date: 
1906
References: 
EP 2:394; CP 5.448 n.
Citation: 
‘Substance’ (pub. 06.09.15-13:14). Quote in M. Bergman & S. Paavola (Eds.), The Commens Dictionary: Peirce's Terms in His Own Words. New Edition. Retrieved from http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-basis-pragmaticism-13.
Posted: 
Sep 06, 2015, 13:14 by Mats Bergman