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‘Possibility’ (pub. 20.08.15-16:02). 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-mems-8-lectures.
Term: 
Possibility
Quote: 

A possibility of some sort is […] a particular tinge of consciousness. I do not say that possibility is a consciousness exactly but the tinge of a consciousness, a potential consciousness. However, the distinction is little more than verbal.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1897-8). Mems for 8 Lectures. MS [R] 945.
References: 
MS [R] 945:2
Date of Quote: 
1897-8
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