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‘Possibility’ (pub. 22.09.14-12:33). Quote in M. Bergman & S. Paavola (Eds.), The Commens Dictionary: Peirce's Terms in His Own Words. New Edition. Retrieved from http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-bed-rock-beneath-pragmaticism-3.
Term: 
Possibility
Quote: 

...the Possible is an ingredient of the Truth which, in consequence of its vagueness, must remain a thought and can never be more than an idea except by taking on a definiteness that does belong to it in itself…

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1908). The Bed-Rock Beneath Pragmaticism. MS [R] 300.
References: 
MS [R] 300:39
Date of Quote: 
1908
Editorial Annotations: 

From what appears to be the second run of manuscript pages; possibly an earlier draft [MB]

URL: 

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