The Commens Dictionary
Quote from ‘On the Foundations of Mathematics’
Term:
Quote:
Even an ‘icon,’ if it is going to be a sign, at all, must be related to an object of which it is the sign. But what makes it suitable to be a sign is that it possesses certain qualities. Those qualities it would possess just the same though the object did not exist.
Date:
1904
References:
MS [R] 8:3
Citation:
‘Icon’ (pub. 20.08.17-14:46). 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-3.