The Commens Dictionary

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

Term: 
Prescission
Quote: 

Abstraction names two wholly different operations. One of them consists in supposing some feature of the fact to be absent, or at least leaving it out of account. I call that prescissive abstraction.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1905 [c.]). The Branches of Geometry; Existential Graphs [R]. MS [R] 96
Date: 
1905 [c.]
References: 
MS [R] 96
Citation: 
‘Prescission’ (pub. 24.11.15-16:37). 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-1.
Posted: 
Nov 24, 2015, 16:37 by Mats Bergman