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Term: 
Logic of Relatives
Quote: 

As all of logic deals with relations, it is more accurate to describe the branch of logic with which I am going to expound as the logic of relatives, i.e. relative terms. Relations as relatives are either dual, as in “A loves B” or plural, as “A gives B to C”.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1893). Book II. Division I. Part 2. Logic of Relatives. Chapter XII. The Algebra of Relatives. MS [R] 418.
References: 
MS [R] 418:354
Date of Quote: 
1893
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