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‘Existence’ (pub. 29.05.14-16:44). 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-prolegomena-apology-pragmaticism-23.
Term: 
Existence
Quote: 

…existence means precisely the exercise of compulsion.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1906). Prolegomena to an Apology for Pragmaticism. The Monist, 16, 492-546.
References: 
CP 4.541
Date of Quote: 
1906
URL: 

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