Quote from "Pragmatism"

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Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘Pragmatism’ (pub. 17.10.15-18:41). 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-90.

Term:

Pragmatism

Quote:

I understand pragmatism to be a method of ascertaining the meanings, not of all ideas, but only of what I call “intellectual concepts,” that is to say of those upon the structure of which arguments concerning objective fact may hinge.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1907 [c.]). Pragmatism. MS [R] 321.

References:

MS [R] 321:12

Date of Quote:

1907 [c.]

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-pragmatism-90