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Proper Name
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1901 [c.] | On Existential Graphs | MS [R] 483

A proper name is a sign denoting something having an identity consisting in continuity of existence and common to the experience of the deliverer and interpreter of the proposition of which it forms a part.

Citation
‘Proper Name’. 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/proper-name/page, 29.01.2023.
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Selective