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Term: 
Mathematics
Quote: 

Mathematics, in general, is the science of the logical possibility & impossibility of hypotheses,

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1903). Lecture 5,. Vol. 2. MS [R] 470.
References: 
MS [R] 470:130-132
Date of Quote: 
1903
URL: 

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