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‘Ground’ (pub. 19.11.15-19:31). 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-new-list-categories-18.
Term: 
Ground
Quote: 

…the conception of a pure abstraction is indispensable, because we cannot comprehend an agreement of two things, except as an agreement in some respect, and this respect is such a pure abstraction as blackness. Such a pure abstraction, reference to which constitutes a quality or general attribute, may be termed a ground.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1867). On a New List of Categories. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 7, 287-298.
References: 
W 2:52-3; CP 1.551
Date of Quote: 
1867
URL: 

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