The Commens Dictionary
Quote from ‘The Basis of Pragmaticism’
Term:
Quote:
[A sign] must be determined to correspond, according to some principle, and by some species of causation, with something else, called its Object. In a word, whether physically, rationally, or otherwise directly or indirectly, its Object, as agent, acts upon the sign, as patient.
Date:
1905
References:
MS [R] 283
Citation:
‘Object’ (pub. 12.08.13-20:23). Quote 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/entry/quote-basis-pragmaticism-5.