The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘The Branches of Geometry; Existential Graphs [R]’

Term: 
Necessity
Quote: 

Necessity […] is that mode of being which is not subject to the principle of excluded middle, since it may neither be that A is necessarily B, nor that A is necessarily not B. [—] How can the principle of excluded middle fail to apply? By the function of determination being given over to the person addressed.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1905 [c.]). The Branches of Geometry; Existential Graphs [R]. MS [R] 96
Date: 
1905 [c.]
References: 
MS [R] 96
Citation: 
‘Necessity’ (pub. 24.11.15-16:29). 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-branches-geometry-existential-graphs-r-0.
Posted: 
Nov 24, 2015, 16:29 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Nov 24, 2015, 16:31 by Mats Bergman