Quote from "Meaning Preface"

Commens

Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘External’ (pub. 07.04.15-20:08). 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-meaning-preface-9.

Term:

External

Quote:

A Real object may be External or Internal, i.e. mental, as a dream is. For only that is external whose possession of some character is [not merely] independent of individuals’ opinions, but whose possession of any such Real character is independent of any individuals’ thought about any subject and ideation of every kind.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1909). Meaning Preface. MS [R] 637.

References:

MS [R] 637:27-28

Date of Quote:

1909

Editorial Annotations:

From variant pages. The inserted words ('not merely') are from a rejected version of the sentence in question.

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-meaning-preface-9