The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Letters to Mario Calderoni’

Term: 
Pragmaticism
Quote: 

In the April number of the Monist [‘What Pragmatism Is’, 1905] I proposed that the word ‘pragmatism’ should hereafter be used somewhat loosely to signify affiliation with Schiller, James, Dewey, Royce, and the rest of us, while the particular doctrine which I invented the word to denote, which is your first kind of pragmatism, should be called ‘pragmaticism.’ The extra syllable will indicate the narrower meaning.

Pragmaticism is not a system of philosophy. It is only a method of thinking…

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1905). Letters to Mario Calderoni. MS [R] L67
Date: 
1905 [c.]
References: 
CP 8.205-6
Citation: 
‘Pragmaticism’ (pub. 21.04.13-18:42). 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-letter-draft-mario-calderoni-5.
Posted: 
Apr 21, 2013, 18:42 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 02, 2016, 15:52 by Mats Bergman