Quote from "Reason's Conscience: A Practical Treatise on the Theory of Discovery; Wherein logic is conceived as Semeiotic"

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Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘Ontology’ (pub. 07.08.16-17:26). 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-reasons-conscience-practical-treatise-theory-discovery-wherein-logic-16.

Term:

Ontology

Quote:

Ontology is that branch of metaphysics which endeavors to determine the nature and kinds of reality.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1904). Reason's Conscience: A Practical Treatise on the Theory of Discovery; Wherein logic is conceived as Semeiotic. MS [R] 693.

References:

NEM 4:192; HP 2:826

Date of Quote:

1904

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-reasons-conscience-practical-treatise-theory-discovery-wherein-logic-16