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‘Logical Possibility’ (pub. 11.08.17-10:07). 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-logical-4.
Term: 
Logical Possibility
Quote: 

Logical possibility is, according to usage, freedom from all contradiction, explicit or implicit; and any attempt to reform the inaccuracy would only bring confusion.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1902). Logical. In J. M. Baldwin (Ed.), Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, Vol. II (pp. 27-28). London: Macmillan and Co.
References: 
DPP 2:27; CP 2.538
Date of Quote: 
1902
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