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1902 | Minute Logic: Chapter II. Prelogical Notions. Section I. Classification of the Sciences (Logic II) | EP 2:118; CP 1.205

A purpose is an operative desire.
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1902 | Minute Logic: Chapter II. Prelogical Notions. Section I. Classification of the Sciences (Logic II) | EP 2:120; CP 1.211

A purpose is merely that form of final cause which is most familiar to our experience.
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‘Purpose’. Term 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/term/purpose/page, 21.11.2019.
See also
Desire | Final Causation | Teleology | Final Cause | Law of Mind