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Quote from ‘Harvard Lectures on Pragmatism: Lecture I’

Quote: 

…it is generally said that the three normative sciences are logic, ethics, and esthetics, being the three doctrines that distinguish good and bad; Logic in regard to representations of truth, Ethics in regard to efforts of will, and Esthetics in objects considered simply in their presentation.

Date: 
1903
References: 
CP 5.36
Citation: 
‘Ethics’ (pub. 18.04.13-14:33). 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-harvard-lectures-pragmatism-lecture-i-4.
Posted: 
Apr 18, 2013, 14:33 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:57 by Commens Admin