The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘That Categorical and Hypothetical Propositions are one in essence, with some connected matters’

Term: 
Representamen
Quote: 

A representation is that character of a thing by virtue of which, for the production of a certain mental effect, it may stand in place of another thing. The thing having this character I term a representamen, the mental effect, or thought, its interpretant, the thing for which it stands, its object.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1895-6 [c.]). That Categorical and Hypothetical Propositions are one in essence, with some connected matters. MS [R] 787
Date: 
1895-6 [c.]
References: 
CP 1.564
Citation: 
‘Representamen’ (pub. 18.08.13-18:31). 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-categorical-and-hypothetical-propositions-are-one-essence-some-connected-0.
Posted: 
Aug 18, 2013, 18:31 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Sep 01, 2015, 11:44 by Mats Bergman