Quote from "Draft of Nichols Review [C]"

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Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘Pragmatism’ (pub. 19.03.18-16:21). 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-draft-nichols-review-c-7.

Term:

Pragmatism

Quote:

…when a philosopher speaks of the ‘concept’ of matter, or the ‘concept’ of cause, or any other ‘concept,’ what he means by a ‘concept’ is a word or other legisign. Hence it has been justly said that the entire purport of any concept lies in the character of the actions or external effects which it is calculated to produce or bring about. It is just that maxim and nothing else that properly goes by the name of pragmatism.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1904 [c.]). Draft of Nichols Review [C]. MS [R] 1476.

References:

MS [R] 1476:6

Date of Quote:

1904 [c.]

Editorial Annotations:

From a likely discarded variant

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-draft-nichols-review-c-7