The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Letters to Lady Welby’

Term: 
Potisign
Quote: 

…Signs, in respect to their Modes of possible Presentation, are divisible […] into
A. Potisigns, or Objects which are signs so far as they are merely possible, but felt to be positively possible; as, for example, the seventh ray that passes through the three intersections of opposite sides of Pascal’s hexagram.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (nd). Letters to Lady Welby. MS [R] L463
Date: 
1908-12-24
References: 
CP 8.347
Editorial Annotations: 

Link to image of Pascal's hexagram in Wikipedia, suggested by Brian Josephson

Citation: 
‘Potisign’ (pub. 08.08.17-14:34). 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-52.
Posted: 
Aug 08, 2017, 14:34 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Aug 09, 2017, 12:13 by Mats Bergman