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‘Pragmatist’ (pub. 21.07.14-18:32). 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-pragmatism-21.
Term: 
Pragmatist
Quote: 

I reckon any philosopher who emphasizes the element of purpose in intellectual action as a sort of pragmatist; and so computed, the majority of the philosophical world today is pragmatist.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1907). Pragmatism. MS [R] 318.
References: 
MS 318:34
Date of Quote: 
1907
URL: 

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