Quote from "On Logical Graphs"

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‘Monad’ (pub. 12.01.15-15:49). 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-logical-graphs-1.

Term:

Monad

Quote:

…let a number of the proper designations of individual subjects be omitted, so that the assertion becomes a mere blank form for an assertion which can be reconverted into an assertion by filling all the blanks with proper names. I term such a blank form a rheme. [—] If the number of blanks is one, I term the rheme a monad.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1903 [c.]). On Logical Graphs. MS [R] 479.

References:

CP 4.354

Date of Quote:

1903 [c.]

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-logical-graphs-1