The Commens Dictionary
Quote from ‘On the Foundations of Mathematics’
Term:
Quote:
The reference of a sign to its object is brought into special prominence in a kind of sign whose fitness to be a sign is due to its being in a real reactive relation, – generally, a physical and dynamical relation, – with the object. Such a sign I term an index.
Date:
1904
References:
MS [R] 7:15
Citation:
‘Index’ (pub. 19.11.15-23:15). 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-foundations-mathematics-0.