The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Pragmatism’

Term: 
Predicate
Quote: 

A predicate may be described as a blank form of proposition from which when each blank has been filled with a proper name, a proposition, or assertion, however nonsensical, will result.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1907). Pragmatism. MS [R] 318
Date: 
1907
References: 
EP 2:427; MS [R] 318:33
Citation: 
‘Predicate’ (pub. 13.10.15-15:50). 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-pragmatism-30.
Posted: 
Oct 13, 2015, 15:50 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Oct 13, 2015, 16:22 by Mats Bergman