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Metaphysical Possibility
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1902 | Possibility, Impossibility, and Possible | DPP 2:315; CP 6.371

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.

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‘Metaphysical Possibility’. Term 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/term/metaphysical-possibility/page, 28.05.2023.
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Possibility