Quote from "Letters to Lady Welby"

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Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘Real’ (pub. 07.04.13-09:40). 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-letters-lady-welby-15.

Term:

Real

Quote:

That which is such that something true about it is either true independently of the thought of any definite mind or minds or is at least true independently of what any person or any definite individual group of persons think about that truth, is real.

Source:

Peirce, C. S. (nd). Letters to Lady Welby. MS [R] L463.

References:

SS 117

Date of Quote:

1909

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-letters-lady-welby-15