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→Excerpt 1. Peirce (CP 2.315)
<p>The definition is thus only a proposition if the definitum be already known to the interpreter. But in that case it clearly conveys information as to the character of this definitum, which is a matter of fact.</p>
<p>The definition is thus only a proposition if the definitum be already known to the interpreter. But in that case it clearly conveys information as to the character of this definitum, which is a matter of fact.</p>
<p>C.S. Peirce, ''Collected Papers;'', CP 2.315</p>
<p>C.S. Peirce, ''Collected Papers'', CP 2.315</p>
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