The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘The Fourth Curiosity’

Term: 
Collection
Quote: 

…while numbers may on occasion be, or represent, multitudes, they can never be collections, since collections are not grades of any kind, but are single things.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1907). The Fourth Curiosity. MS [R] 200
Date: 
1907
References: 
CP 4.663
Citation: 
‘Collection’ (pub. 11.09.14-13:20). 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-fourth-curiosity-0.
Posted: 
Sep 10, 2014, 10:47 by Mats Bergman
Published: 
Sep 11, 2014, 13:20
Last revised: 
Mar 07, 2016, 10:52 by Mats Bergman