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How to conceive virtual entities: Peirce's proposal

Steinle, Friedrich (2024) How to conceive virtual entities: Peirce's proposal. Perspectives on Science, 32 (3). pp. 269-277. ISSN 1063-6145

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The term “virtual entities” has a long tradition and a variety of meanings. My short article focuses on one particular meaning, as clearly defined by Charles Sanders Peirce in 1902. I will discuss the definition he provided and touch on the wide resonance it had and still has in science.

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Steinle, Friedrich
Subjects: General Issues > Explanation
General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science
General Issues > History of Science Case Studies
General Issues > Models and Idealization
Specific Sciences > Physics
General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Depositing User: Unnamed user with email m.zichert@tu-berlin.de
Date Deposited: 17 Mar 2026 12:25
Last Modified: 17 Mar 2026 12:25
Item ID: 28651
Journal or Publication Title: Perspectives on Science
Publisher: MIT Press
Official URL: https://direct.mit.edu/posc/article-abstract/doi/1...
DOI or Unique Handle: 10.1162/posc_a_00606
Subjects: General Issues > Explanation
General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science
General Issues > History of Science Case Studies
General Issues > Models and Idealization
Specific Sciences > Physics
General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Date: 2024
Page Range: pp. 269-277
Volume: 32
Number: 3
ISSN: 1063-6145
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/28651

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