The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Letters to Paul Carus’

Term: 
Pragmaticism
Quote: 

Pragmatism (pragmaticism) might be defined as that mode of thinking that never results in a concept that is equivalent to a noun substantive, since all that it thinks is an assertion, or a qualified assertion such as “suppose that (so and so),” or else it is equivalent to an expression of the speaker’s will not asserting it so much as exhibiting it.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1890-1913). Letters to Paul Carus. MS [L] 77
Date: 
1910-07-19
References: 
MS [L] 77
Citation: 
‘Pragmaticism’ (pub. 02.03.16-14:54). 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-paul-carus-12.
Posted: 
Mar 02, 2016, 14:54 by Mats Bergman