The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘On a New List of Categories’

Term: 
Ground
Quote: 

…the conception of a pure abstraction is indispensable, because we cannot comprehend an agreement of two things, except as an agreement in some respect, and this respect is such a pure abstraction as blackness. Such a pure abstraction, reference to which constitutes a quality or general attribute, may be termed a ground.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1867). On a New List of Categories
Date: 
1867
References: 
W 2:52-3; CP 1.551
Citation: 
‘Ground’ (pub. 19.11.15-19:31). 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-new-list-categories-18.
Posted: 
Nov 19, 2015, 19:31 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Mar 25, 2016, 16:54 by Mats Bergman