Published on Commens (http://www.commens.org)

Home > Quote from "Lowell Lectures. 1903. Lecture 3. 1st draught"

Commens
Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce
‘Definition’ (pub. 25.09.14-15:18). 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-lowell-lectures-1903-lecture-3-1st-draught-0.
Term: 
Definition
Quote: 

By a definition I do not mean a statement conveying the exact sense of a word, although that will naturally be involved in a definition. But what I mean is the explanation of the relations of an intellectual conception to other conceptions.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1903). Lowell Lectures. 1903. Lecture 3. 1st draught. MS [R] 458.
References: 
MS [R] 458:14
Date of Quote: 
1903
URL: 

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-lowell-lectures-1903-lecture-3-1st-draught-0