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‘Ens Rationis’ (pub. 25.11.14-17:15). 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-csps-lowell-lectures-1903-2nd-draught-3rd-lecture.
Term: 
Ens Rationis
Quote: 

An ens rationis is something whose being consists in the possibility of something being true about something else.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1903). C.S.P.'s Lowell Lectures of 1903 2nd Draught of 3rd Lecture. MS [R] 462.
References: 
MS [R] 462:34-36
Date of Quote: 
1903
URL: 

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