The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Meaning Preface’

Term: 
Existence
Quote: 

…existence […] may be used in a wider or a narrower sense. In its wider sense it is a synonym for Actual, and is such Being as is both Definite and in all respects Determinate; while in its narrower sense it is a Substance, or substratum, which acts on, and is acted on by, the Universe of Substance.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1909). Meaning Preface. MS [R] 637
Date: 
1909
References: 
MS [R] 637:28
Editorial Annotations: 

From variant pages.

Citation: 
‘Existence’ (pub. 07.04.15-20:20). 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-meaning-preface-10.
Posted: 
Apr 07, 2015, 20:20 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Apr 07, 2015, 20:21 by Mats Bergman