The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Issues of Pragmaticism’

Quote: 

No doubt, Pragmaticism makes thought ultimately apply to action exclusively - to conceived action. But between admitting that and either saying that it makes thought, in the sense of the purport of symbols, to consist in acts, or saying that the true ultimate purpose of thinking is action, there is much the same difference as there is between saying that the artist-painter’s living art is applied to dabbing paint upon canvas, and saying that that art-life consists in dabbing paint, or that its ultimate aim is dabbing paint. Pragmaticism makes thinking to consist in the living inferential metaboly of symbols whose purport lies in conditional general resolutions to act.

Date: 
1906
References: 
CP 5.402 n. 3
Citation: 
‘Pragmaticism’ (pub. 21.04.13-18:52). 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-issues-pragmaticism-8.
Posted: 
Apr 21, 2013, 18:52 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:57 by Commens Admin