The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Predicate’

Quote: 

In any proposition, i.e., any statement which must be true or false, let some parts be struck out so that the remnant is not a proposition, but is such that it becomes a proposition when each blank is filled by a proper name. The erasures are not to be made in a mechanical way, but with such modifications as may be necessary to preserve the partial sense of the fragment. Such a residue is a predicate. The same proposition may be mutilated in various ways so that different fragments will appear as predicates.

Date: 
1902
References: 
CP 2.358
Citation: 
‘Predicate’ (pub. 12.01.15-14:07). 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-predicate.
Posted: 
Jan 12, 2015, 14:07 by Mats Bergman