The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘On Collections [R]’

Quote: 

A quota (which, it is to be remembered, is, in English, a noun in the singular) is an object of experience which seems to be a collection, although it may not be easy precisely to state what the determining description is.

The difference between a collection and a quota is, then, merely that a collection is an ens rationis, a creation of logic which retains its nature as a collection just the same whether it exists or not; while a quota is an object of experience whose existence is indubitable, and however perfect may be our assurance that it is a complete collection, yet it is not the fact that it really is so, but the fact that it appears to be so which makes it a quota.

Date: 
nd
References: 
MS [R] 32
Citation: 
‘Quota’ (pub. 24.09.14-19:05). 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-collections-r-0.
Posted: 
Sep 14, 2014, 19:39 by Mats Bergman
Published: 
Sep 24, 2014, 19:05