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‘Character’ (pub. 07.03.16-17:01). 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-nature-measurement-0.
Term: 
Character
Quote: 

A character is a possible fact regarded as concerning a particular thing or things.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1895 [c.]). Of the Nature of Measurement. MS [R] 254.
References: 
CP 7.280
Date of Quote: 
1895 [c.]
URL: 

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