The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘The Prescott Book’

Term: 
Potentiality
Quote: 

Potentiality is the absence of Determination (in the usual broad sense)[,] not a mere negative kind but a positive capacity to be Yea and to be Nay; not ignorance but a state of being. It is therefore Inchoateness of Being. Nothing is the Egg of Being. It is self-contained ability to be this and that. Latent Being.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1907-10). The Prescott Book. MS [R] 277
Date: 
1908
References: 
MS [R] 277
Citation: 
‘Potentiality’ (pub. 15.10.15-14:01). 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-prescott-book-0.
Posted: 
Oct 15, 2015, 14:01 by Mats Bergman