The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘The Fourth Curiosity’

Quote: 

…the question of whether anything is real or is a figment is the question what a word or other symbol or concept denotes. If the attributes of or possible true assertions about an object could vary according to the way in which you or I or any man or actual body of single men, living at any time or times, might think about that object, then that object is what I call a figment.

Date: 
1907
References: 
CP 6.328
Citation: 
‘Figment’ (pub. 06.09.15-12:20). 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-fourth-curiosity-6.
Posted: 
Sep 06, 2015, 12:20 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Mar 07, 2016, 10:55 by Mats Bergman