The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘A Syllabus of Certain Topics of Logic’

Term: 
Area of Cut
Quote: 

A cut is not a graph-replica. A cut drawn upon the sheet of assertion severs the surface it encloses, called the area of the cut, from the sheet of assertion; so that the area of a cut is no part of the sheet of assertion.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1903). A Syllabus of Certain Topics of Logic
Date: 
1903
References: 
Peirce, 1903, pp. 20-21; CP 4.414
Citation: 
‘Area of Cut’ (pub. 18.03.18-16:53). 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-syllabus-certain-topics-logic-31.
Posted: 
Mar 18, 2018, 16:53 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Mar 18, 2018, 16:54 by Mats Bergman