Quote from "Pragmatism"

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Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘Maxim of Pragmatism’ (pub. 15.10.15-12:52). 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-84.

Term:

Maxim of Pragmatism

Quote:

Consider what effects that might conceivably have practical bearings you conceive the object of your conception to have: then the general mental habit that consists in the production of these effects is the whole meaning of your concept.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1907). Pragmatism. MS [R] 318.

References:

MS [R] 318:22

Date of Quote:

1907

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-pragmatism-84