The Commens Dictionary
Quote from ‘C.S.P.'s Lowell Lectures of 1903 2nd Draught of 3rd Lecture’
Term:
Quote:
An ens rationis is something whose being consists in the possibility of something being true about something else.
Source:
Date:
1903
References:
MS [R] 462:34-36
Citation:
‘Ens Rationis’ (pub. 25.11.14-17:15). 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-csps-lowell-lectures-1903-2nd-draught-3rd-lecture.