The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Materials for Monist Article: The Consequences of Pragmaticism. Vols. I and II [R]’

Term: 
External
Quote: 

An external object is anything that is not affected by any of man’s cognitions (whether about it or about anything else) to whom it is external.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1905). Materials for Monist Article: The Consequences of Pragmaticism. Vols. I and II [R]. MS [R] 288
Date: 
1905
References: 
MS [R] 288:117
Citation: 
‘External’ (pub. 09.03.16-17:01). 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-materials-monist-article-consequences-pragmaticism-vols-i-and-ii-r-5.
Posted: 
Mar 09, 2016, 17:01 by Mats Bergman