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Quote from ‘Cambridge Lectures on Reasoning and the Logic of Things: Philosophy and the Conduct of Life’

Term: 
Metaphysics
Quote: 

Philosophy seems to consist of two parts, Logic and Metaphysics. [—]

Metaphysics recognizes an inner and an outer world, a world of time and a world of space. The special sciences, all that follow after Metaphysics divide themselves into Psychics and Physics.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1898). Cambridge Lectures on Reasoning and the Logic of Things: Philosophy and the Conduct of Life. MS [R] 437
Date: 
1898
References: 
EP 2:36
Citation: 
‘Metaphysics’ (pub. 04.02.13-20:42). 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-cambridge-lectures-reasoning-and-logic-things-philosophy-and-conduct-life-0.
Posted: 
Feb 04, 2013, 20:42 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 01:00 by Commens Admin