The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘The Bed-Rock Beneath Pragmaticism’

Term: 
Actuality
Quote: 

…the Actual, – the simple unmodalized Fact, – is that ingredient of the Truth the acknowledgement of which may be forced on the mind by experience, but can never receive a definite rational explanation free from any arbitrary element…

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1908). The Bed-Rock Beneath Pragmaticism. MS [R] 300
Date: 
1908
References: 
MS [R] 300:39
Editorial Annotations: 

From what appears to be the second run of manuscript pages; possibly an earlier draft [MB]

Citation: 
‘Actuality’ (pub. 22.09.14-12:26). 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-bed-rock-beneath-pragmaticism-2.
Posted: 
Sep 22, 2014, 12:26 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Nov 19, 2015, 19:38 by Mats Bergman