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Term: 
Nominalism
Quote: 

The realistic view emphasizes particularly the permanence and fixity of reality; the nominalistic view emphasizes its externality.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1872). On Reality [W]. MS [R] 370; MS [W] 194.
References: 
W 3:29; CP 7.339
Date of Quote: 
1872
URL: 

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