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‘Individual’ (pub. 13.10.15-11:20). 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-notes-portions-humes-treatise-human-nature-1.
Term: 
Individual
Quote: 

The individual, strictly speaking, is that of which every possible predicate is either true or false.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1905). Notes on Portions of Hume's "Treatise on Human Nature". MS [R] 939.
References: 
MS [R] 939:20
Date of Quote: 
1905
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