Charles S. Peirce is one of the most prominent developers of pragmatism philosophy. The article by Peirce deals with concepts of different ideas. Logicians divide ideas on clear and obscure, distinct and confused. For many years, these conceptions have not changed and have not been revised, although the life and people change. Logicians used these conceptions for many years, but in fact they belong to “extinguished” philosophy. The author stresses that there is need of new formulations.
According to Peirce there 3 stages of clearness:
Familiarity Distinctness Pragmatistic exposition (Pierce) Clear idea is so understandable that it will be identified wherever it is met with, and so ...