Quote from "A Brief Intellectual Autobiography by Charles Sanders Peirce"

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Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘Phenomenology’ (pub. 15.03.18-09:36). 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-brief-intellectual-autobiography-charles-sanders-peirce-8.

Term:

Phenomenology

Quote:

Phenomenology considers the phenomenon in general, whatever comes before the mind in any way, and without caring whether it be fact or fiction, discovers and describes the elements which will invariably be present in it, that is, the categories.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1983). A Brief Intellectual Autobiography by Charles Sanders Peirce. The American Journal of Semiotics, 2(1-2), 61-83.

References:

Peirce, 1983, p. 71; MS [R] L107:18-19

Date of Quote:

1904

Editorial Annotations:

This quote has been taken from Kenneth Laine Ketner's 1983 reconstruction of Peirce's 'Autobiography'

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-brief-intellectual-autobiography-charles-sanders-peirce-8