Q0486
Charles Sanders Peirce
A verified English rendering from the curated archive.
English
Consider what effects… we conceive the object of our conception to have. Then, our conception of these effects is the whole of our conception of the object.
Source context
This English passage is associated with How to Make Our Ideas Clear, within the tradition of Pragmatism. The wording below is a verified rendering prepared for careful reading rather than a claim of unique translation authority.
A short reading
Read in the register of philosophy, the sentence asks the reader to test an assumption rather than to collect a slogan. In Charles Sanders Peirce's wider work, similar claims are usually offered as prompts for judgment: what would have to be true for the sentence to hold, and what would follow if it did?
How to cite this quotation
APA: Charles Sanders Peirce. (n.d.). Consider what effects… we conceive the object of our conception to have. Then, our conception of these effects is the whole of our conception of the object. In Philosophy Blind Box. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0486
MLA: Charles Sanders Peirce. “Consider what effects… we conceive the object of….” Philosophy Blind Box, https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0486.
Chicago: Charles Sanders Peirce. “Consider what effects… we conceive the object of….” Philosophy Blind Box. Accessed 2026. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0486.