The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘The Basis of Pragmaticism’

Quote: 

To assert a proposition means to accept responsibility for it, so that if it turns out ill, or as Mr. Schiller says (by implication) unsatisfactory, in a certain way which we need not define, but which is called proving to be false, he who has asserted it regrets having done so.

Date: 
1905 [c.]
References: 
MS [R] 280:25-6
Citation: 
‘Assertion’ (pub. 07.03.16-18:28). 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-18.
Posted: 
Mar 07, 2016, 18:28 by Mats Bergman