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‘Informed Breadth’ (pub. 10.08.17-11:23). 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-definitions-baldwins-dictionary-r-1.
Term: 
Informed Breadth
Quote: 

The logical aggregate of all the subjects of which a term can be universally and affirmatively predicated in any particular state of information, over and above any of which its meaning implies that it is predicable, constitutes, when regarded as a quantity, its informed breadth. Thus, if, by definition any rational animal is a man, the aggregate of all the subjects of which non-man is predicable, excepting ‘non-rational’ and ‘non-animal’ make up the informed breath of non-man.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1901-1902 [c.]). Definitions for Baldwin's Dictionary [R]. MS [R] 1147.
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MS [R] 1147
Date of Quote: 
1901-1902 [c.]
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