The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Letters to Lady Welby’

Term: 
Symbol
Quote: 

I define a Symbol as a sign which is determined by its dynamic object only in the sense that it will be so interpreted. It thus depends either upon a convention, a habit, or a natural disposition of its interpretant, or of the field of its interpretant (that of which the interpretant is a determination).

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (nd). Letters to Lady Welby. MS [R] L463
Date: 
1904
References: 
SS 33
Citation: 
‘Symbol’ (pub. 05.05.13-12:13). 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-letters-lady-welby-25.
Posted: 
May 05, 2013, 12:13 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:57 by Commens Admin