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‘Substantial Depth’ (pub. 28.11.15-11:13). 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-chap-xi-logical-breadth-and-depth-7.
Term: 
Substantial Depth
Quote: 

Substantial depth is the real character as it exists in the object, which belongs to every thing of which a term is predicable with absolute truth.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1873). Chap. XI. On Logical Breadth and Depth. MS [R] 384; MS [W] 233.
References: 
W 3:102
Date of Quote: 
1873
URL: 

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