The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Letters to William James’

Term: 
Sign
Quote: 

A Sign is a Cognizable that, on the one hand, is so determined (i.e., specialized, bestimmt) by something other than itself, called its Object […], while, on the other hand, it so determines some actual or potential Mind, the determination whereof I term the Interpretant created by the Sign, that that Interpreting Mind is therein determined mediately by the Object.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1897-1909). Letters to William James. L [R] 224
Date: 
1909
References: 
EP 2:492
Citation: 
‘Sign’ (pub. 19.08.13-19:11). 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-william-james-21.
Posted: 
Aug 19, 2013, 19:11 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:55 by Commens Admin