The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘On the Meaning of "Real" [R]’

Term: 
Would-be
Quote: 

…a “would-be” refers to a whole range, or general description, of possibilities which it asserts to be alike in a certain respect; so that two directly opposite assertions of would-be’s might both be false, just as two directly opposite states of things might-be true.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1913). On the Meaning of "Real" [R]. MS [R] 930
Date: 
1913
References: 
MS [R] 930:21-2
Citation: 
‘Would-be’ (pub. 06.09.15-19:33). 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-real-r.
Posted: 
Sep 06, 2015, 19:33 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Feb 12, 2016, 17:06 by Mats Bergman