The Commens Dictionary
Quote from ‘Harvard Lectures on Pragmatism: Lecture III’
Term:
Quote:
A symbol is a representamen which fulfills its function regardless of any similarity or analogy with its object and equally regardless of any factual connection therewith, but solely and simply because it will be interpreted to be a representamen. Such for example is any general word, sentence, or book.
Date:
1903
References:
CP 5.73
Citation:
‘Symbol’ (pub. 05.05.13-11:48). 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-harvard-lectures-pragmatism-lecture-iii-7.