The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘The Rationale of Reason’

Quote: 

…one may start with the concept of a thing, a concept which can be actualized independently of anything else to which it should appertain. Such a thing in the language of philosophy is called a substance. This is in fact the proper meaning of that word which it was framed to express and what the chemists call a “substance” ought to be called a chemens (pl. chementia).

Date: 
1910
References: 
MS [R] 659:38
Citation: 
‘Substance’ (pub. 06.09.15-12:52). 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-rationale-reason-1.
Posted: 
Sep 06, 2015, 12:52 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Sep 06, 2015, 13:29 by Mats Bergman