Quote from "The Logic of Relatives"

Commens

Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘Relative’ (pub. 11.09.14-12:58). 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-logic-relatives-1.

Term:

Relative

Quote:

A relative […] may be defined as the equivalent of a word or phrase which, either as it is (when I term it a complete relative), or else when the verb “is” is attached to it (and if it wants such attachment, I term it a nominal relative), becomes a sentence with some number of proper names left blank.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1897). The Logic of Relatives. The Monist, 7(2), 161-217.

References:

CP 3.466

Date of Quote:

1897

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-logic-relatives-1