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‘Vague’ (pub. 21.08.17-11:26). 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-foundations-mathematics-r-9.
Term: 
Vague
Quote: 

If a sign allows the utterer a certain latitude of choice as to what his meaning may be; so that he may perhaps defend its applicability in several ways […] then the sign may be said to be vague, or non-definite.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1904). Foundations of Mathematics [R]. MS [R] 10.
References: 
MS [R] 10:1-2
Date of Quote: 
1904
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