Over against any cognition, there is an unknown but knowable reality; but over against all possible cognition, there is only the self-contradictory. In short, cognizability (in its widest sense) and being are not merely metaphysically the same, but are synonymous terms.


Selected Writings (Values in a Universe of Chance) (ed. Courier Corporation, 1958) - ISBN: 9780486216348

Charles Sanders Peirce Quotes

Over against any cognition, there is an unknown but knowable reality; but over against all possible cognition, there is only the self-contradictory....

Over against any cognition, there is an unknown but knowable reality; but over against all possible cognition, there is only the self-contradictory....

Over against any cognition, there is an unknown but knowable reality; but over against all possible cognition, there is only the self-contradictory....

Over against any cognition, there is an unknown but knowable reality; but over against all possible cognition, there is only the self-contradictory....