Quote from "A Syllabus of Certain Topics of Logic"

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Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘Spot’ (pub. 18.03.18-17:10). 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-syllabus-certain-topics-logic-35.

Term:

Spot

Quote:

A spot is a graph any replica of which occupies a simple bounded portion of a surface, which portion has qualities distinguishing it from the replica of any other spot; and upon the boundary of the surface occupied by the spot are certain points, called the hooks of the spot, to each of which, if permitted, one extremity of one line of identity can be attached.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (1903). A Syllabus of Certain Topics of Logic. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son.

References:

Peirce, 1903, p. 22; CP 4.416

Date of Quote:

1903

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-syllabus-certain-topics-logic-35