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‘Dyadic Relation’ (pub. 11.08.17-08:35). 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-logic-exact-2.
Term: 
Dyadic Relation
Quote: 

Dyadic relation. A fact relating to two individuals. Thus, the fact that A is similar to B, and the fact that A is a lover of B, and the fact that A and B are both men, are dyadic relations; while the fact that A gives B to C is a triadic relation. Every relation of one order of relativity may be regarded as a relative of another order of relativity if desired. Thus, man may be regarded as man coexistent with, and so as a relative expressing a dyadic relation, although for most purposes it will be regarded as a monad or non-relative term.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1902). Logic (exact). In J. M. Baldwin (Ed.), Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, Vol. II (pp. 23-27). London: Macmillan and Co.
References: 
DPP 2:27; CP 3.625
Date of Quote: 
1902
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