The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Sketch of Dichotomic Mathematics’

Term: 
Postulate
Quote: 

A Postulate would be a proposition necessary as a premiss for a course of deductive reasoning and predicating a contingent character of the hypothetical subject of that course of reasoning; and any proposition of that description would be a Postulate.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1904). Sketch of Dichotomic Mathematics. MS [R] 4
Date: 
1904
References: 
NEM 4:286
Citation: 
‘Postulate’ (pub. 20.11.15-09:40). 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-sketch-dichotomic-mathematics-5.
Posted: 
Nov 20, 2015, 09:40 by Mats Bergman