‘Collection’ (pub. 25.09.14-15:25). 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-1.
Quote:
The definition […] of a collection is that it is a real individual object whose being consists in the being of whatever may actually exist that possesses a certain character.
Source:
Peirce, C. S. (1903). Lowell Lectures. 1903. Lecture 3. 1st draught. MS [R] 458.
URL:
http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-lowell-lectures-1903-lecture-3-1st-draught-1