The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘On Reality [W]’

Term: 
Nominalism
Quote: 

The realistic view emphasizes particularly the permanence and fixity of reality; the nominalistic view emphasizes its externality.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1872). On Reality [W]. MS [R] 370; MS [W] 194
Date: 
1872
References: 
W 3:29; CP 7.339
Citation: 
‘Nominalism’ (pub. 03.04.15-16:30). 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-reality-w.
Posted: 
Apr 03, 2015, 16:30 by Mats Bergman