The Commens Dictionary
Quote from ‘The Basis of Pragmaticism’
Term:
Quote:
To assert a proposition means to accept responsibility for it, so that if it turns out ill, or as Mr. Schiller says (by implication) unsatisfactory, in a certain way which we need not define, but which is called proving to be false, he who has asserted it regrets having done so.
Date:
1905 [c.]
References:
MS [R] 280:25-6
Citation:
‘Assertion’ (pub. 07.03.16-18:28). 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-basis-pragmaticism-18.