The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Logic of the Sciences’

Term: 
Symbol
Quote: 

Representations whose subject depends upon its object. That is which are intelligible to those who can comprehend a certain character of the object - if there are several objects, a common character. It is this sort of representation which a conception is; and which a word is, after it has once been acquired as a sign. I call this species of representation Symbol.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1865). Logic of the Sciences. MS [W] 113; MS [R] 769, 734, 729, 921, 922, 728, S 66
Date: 
1865
References: 
W 1:328
Citation: 
‘Symbol’ (pub. 05.05.13-11:04). 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-logic-sciences-0.
Posted: 
May 05, 2013, 11:04 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:57 by Commens Admin