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Consider what effects which might conceivably have practical bearings, we conceive the object of our conception to have. Then, our conception of these effects is the whole of our conception of the object.
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To understand an object, consider the practical effects it could have. Your idea of those possible effects is what gives the object its meaning. In other words, understanding something means grasping what difference it could make in experience or action, rather than treating it as a completely separate abstraction.
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