Quote from "Logical Tracts. No. 1. On Existential Graphs"

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Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘Graph’ (pub. 13.01.15-11:37). 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-tracts-no-1-existential-graphs-10.

Term:

Graph

Quote:

A Graph is a diagram consisting of no more than, first, the sheet upon which it is written, secondly, spots (or their equivalents) having various visible qualities (as colors, etc), third, lines of connection (commonly of only two kinds, those that are drawn and those that are left undrawn), and fourth[,] enclosing ovals.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1903 [c.]). Logical Tracts. No. 1. On Existential Graphs. MS [R] 491.

References:

MS [R] 491:1

Date of Quote:

1903 [c.]

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-logical-tracts-no-1-existential-graphs-10