The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Letters to Lady Welby’

Term: 
Existence
Quote: 

The stone’s actually falling is purely the affair of the stone and the earth at the time. This is a case of reaction. So is existence which is the mode of being of that which reacts with other things.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (nd). Letters to Lady Welby. MS [R] L463
Date: 
1904-10-12
References: 
CP 8.330
Citation: 
‘Existence’ (pub. 29.05.14-19:08). 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-letters-lady-welby-44.
Posted: 
May 29, 2014, 19:08 by Mats Bergman