The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Logic of the Sciences’

Term: 
Copy [in Semeiotic]
Quote: 

A copy is a representation which really and of its self refers to its object by resembling it.

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 1:323
Citation: 
‘Copy [in Semeiotic]’ (pub. 05.05.13-18:48). 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-logic-sciences-3.
Posted: 
May 05, 2013, 18:48 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:57 by Commens Admin