The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Lowell Lectures on The Logic of Science; or Induction and Hypothesis: Lecture IX’

Term: 
Ground
Quote: 

By a ground, […] I meant the pure form or abstraction which is the original of the thing and of which the concrete thing is only an incarnation. Reference to such a ground or respect of likeness is implied in every attribution.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1866). Lowell Lectures on The Logic of Science; or Induction and Hypothesis: Lecture IX. MS [R] 357; MS [W] 130
Date: 
1866
References: 
W 1:474
Citation: 
‘Ground’ (pub. 19.11.15-19:13). 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-lowell-lectures-logic-science-or-induction-and-hypothesis-lecture-ix-5.
Posted: 
Nov 19, 2015, 19:13 by Mats Bergman