The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘The Fourth Curiosity’

Term: 
Predicate
Quote: 

When a blank form is such that the result of determining each blank in it to express a proper name is to reconvert it into a proposition, however silly, that blank form is termed a rheme or predicate.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1907). The Fourth Curiosity. MS [R] 200
Date: 
1907
References: 
MS [R] 200:100
Citation: 
‘Predicate’ (pub. 07.03.16-13:25). 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-15.
Posted: 
Mar 07, 2016, 13:25 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Mar 07, 2016, 13:28 by Mats Bergman