Full Idea
The present writer framed the theory that a 'conception', that is, the rational purport of a word or other expression, lies exclusively in its conceivable bearing upon the conduct of life.
Gist of Idea
A 'conception', the rational implication of a word, lies in its bearing upon the conduct of life
Source
Charles Sanders Peirce (Essentials of Pragmatism [1905], I)
Book Reference
Peirce,Charles Sanders: 'Philosophical Writings of Peirce', ed/tr. Buchler,Justus [Dover 1940], p.252