Quote from "The Branches of Geometry; Existential Graphs [R]"

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Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘Necessity’ (pub. 24.11.15-16:29). 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-branches-geometry-existential-graphs-r-0.

Term:

Necessity

Quote:

Necessity […] is that mode of being which is not subject to the principle of excluded middle, since it may neither be that A is necessarily B, nor that A is necessarily not B. [—] How can the principle of excluded middle fail to apply? By the function of determination being given over to the person addressed.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1905 [c.]). The Branches of Geometry; Existential Graphs [R]. MS [R] 96.

References:

MS [R] 96

Date of Quote:

1905 [c.]

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-branches-geometry-existential-graphs-r-0