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‘Metaphysical Possibility’ (pub. 11.08.17-10:01). 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-possibility-impossibility-and-possible-0.
Term: 
Metaphysical Possibility
Quote: 

Metaphysical possibility ought to mean a possibility of existence, nearly a potentiality; but the phrase does not seem to be used in that sense, but rather in the sense of possibility by supernatural power.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1902). Possibility, Impossibility, and Possible. In J. M. Baldwin (Ed.), Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, Vol. II (pp. 313-315). London: Macmillan and Co.
References: 
DPP 2:315; CP 6.371
Date of Quote: 
1902
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