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‘Real’ (pub. 06.02.13-19:46). 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-reflexions-upon-reasoning.
Term: 
Real
Quote: 

By “reality” is to be understood that part or ingredient of the being of anything which does not depend upon that thing’s actually being represented.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1913 [c.]). Reflexions upon Reasoning. MS [R] 686.
References: 
MS [R] 686:1
Date of Quote: 
1913 [c.]
URL: 

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