The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Modality’

Term: 
Modality
Quote: 

There is no agreement among logicians as to what modality consists in; but it is the logical qualification of a proposition or its copula, or the corresponding qualification of a fact or its form, in the ways expressed by the modes possibile, impossibile, contingens, necessarium.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1902). Modality. In: Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, Vol. II
Date: 
1902
References: 
DPP 2:89; CP 2.382
Citation: 
‘Modality’ (pub. 11.08.17-13:56). 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-modality.
Posted: 
Aug 11, 2017, 13:56 by Mats Bergman