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Quote from ‘Harvard Lectures on Pragmatism: Lecture II’

Term: 
Pragmatism
Quote: 

What the true definition of Pragmatism may be, I find it very hard to say; but in my nature it is a sort of instinctive attraction for living facts.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1903). Harvard Lectures on Pragmatism: Lecture II. MS [R] 306
Date: 
1903
References: 
CP 5.64
Citation: 
‘Pragmatism’ (pub. 22.04.13-18:26). 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-ii-5.
Posted: 
Apr 22, 2013, 18:26 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:57 by Commens Admin