The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Issues of Pragmaticism’

Quote: 

According to the maxim of Pragmaticism, to say that determination affects our occult nature is to say that it is capable of affecting deliberate conduct; and since we are conscious of what we do deliberately, we are conscious habitualiter of whatever hides in the depths of our nature; and it is presumable (and only presumable, although curious instances are on record), that a sufficiently energetic effort of attention would bring it out.

Date: 
1905
References: 
CP 5.441
Citation: 
‘Maxim of Pragmatism’ (pub. 07.04.13-12:41). 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-issues-pragmaticism-1.
Posted: 
Apr 07, 2013, 12:41 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:58 by Commens Admin