Peirce, Charles S. (1902). Quantity. In: Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, Vol. II

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Article in Edited Collection

Author:

Peirce, Charles S.

Title:

Quantity

Year:

1902

Editor:

Baldwin, James Mark

Volume Title:

Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, Vol. II

Place:

New York

Publisher:

The MacMillan Company

Pages:

410-412

Language:

English

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Peirce, C. S. (1902). Quantity. In J. M. Baldwin (Ed.), Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, Vol. II (pp. 410-412). New York: The MacMillan Company.

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@incollection{Peirce1902,

author = "Charles S. Peirce",
title = "{Quantity}",
booktitle = "{Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, Vol. II}",
editor = "James M. Baldwin",
year = 1902,
address = "New York",
publisher = "The MacMillan Company",
pages = "410-412",
language = "English",
note = "From the Commens Bibliography | \url{http://www.commens.org/bibliography/collection_article/peirce-charles-s-1902-quantity-dictionary-philosophy-and-psychology}"
}

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Prescission
1902 \| DPP 2:411, CP 2.364 A decrease of supposed information may have the effect of diminishing the depth of a term without increasing its information. This is often called abstraction; but it is far better to call it prescission; for the word abstraction is wanted as the designation of an even far more important procedure, whereby a transitive element of thought is made substantive, as in the grammatical change of an adjective into an abstract noun.	preview

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