Quote from "Reason's Rules"

Commens

Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘Real’ (pub. 15.08.17-13:42). 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-rules-18.

Term:

Real

Quote:

[The] real state of things is something which is “so,” that is, has a certain determination, or specialization, or being, whether it be opined to be so or otherwise. Therefore, the reader holds that for every question not nonsensical, there is a certain determination of being which is completely independent of what you, or I, or any man or generations of men may opine about it.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1902-03 [c.]). Reason's Rules. MS [R] 596.

References:

MS [R] 596:13-14

Date of Quote:

1902-03 [c.]

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-reasons-rules-18