Purpose   

Purpose

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Purpose
1902 | Minute Logic: Chapter II. Prelogical Notions. Section I. Classification of the Sciences (Logic II) | EP 2:118; CP 1.205

A purpose is an operative desire.

1902 | Minute Logic: Chapter II. Prelogical Notions. Section I. Classification of the Sciences (Logic II) | EP 2:120; CP 1.211

A purpose is merely that form of final cause which is most familiar to our experience.