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‘Dynamical Object’ (pub. 18.08.13-18:00). 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-letters-william-james-18.
Term: 
Dynamical Object
Quote: 

As to the Object, that may mean the Object as cognized in the Sign and therefore an Idea, or it may be the Object as it is regardless of any particular aspect of it, the Object in such relations as unlimited and final study would show it to be. The former I call the Immediate Object, the latter the Dynamical Object. For the latter is the Object that Dynamical Science (or what at this day would be called “Objective” science) can investigate.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1897-1909). Letters to William James. L [R] 224.
References: 
EP 2:495
Date of Quote: 
1909
URL: 

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