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‘Prescission’ (pub. 24.08.17-14:39). 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-system-existential-graphs-considered-instrument-investigation-logic-19.
Term: 
Prescission
Quote: 

The second mode consists in supposing that one component of the Phaneron is present in a given subject, while making no supposition whatever in regard to another. Thus, I may suppose that a star shines with an intense light without making any supposition at all in regard to the color of the light, further than that it has some color. We thus separate luminosity from hue. I called this mode of analysis prescission.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1906 [c.]). On the System of Existential Graphs Considered as an Instrument for the Investigation of Logic. MS [R] 499(s).
References: 
MS [R] 499(s)
Date of Quote: 
1906 [c.]
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