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1908 Nov 11
Logic
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possess but one of these characters. The two characters to be
instanced are further to be together Exhaustive, i.e. only that which
whose being consists in something General can fail to possess one or the other of them, and that
which is either Actual or merely Possible must possess one. In short
the two Characters are to be in the relation of Contradictories, each of
the other; i.e., they are to be at once Incompossible and Exhaustive. That
being the case, any General Subject, a Subject being anything concerning
which an assertion may be made or proposed, if it possesses neither of these
characters is said to be Indeterminate in respect to them, while if it possesses
one but not both, it is said to be Determined in that respect. If a
mere Possibility possesses both characters, it is said to be Indefinite in
respect to them. Having thus explained what I mean by Determination,