The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Logical Tracts. No. 1. On Existential Graphs’

Term: 
Representation
Quote: 

Representation is a relation of one thing, – the representamen, or sign – to another, – the object, – this relation consisting in the determination of a third, – the interpretant representamen, – to be in the same mode of relation to the second as the first is to that second.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1903 [c.]). Logical Tracts. No. 1. On Existential Graphs. MS [R] 491
Date: 
1903 [c.]
References: 
MS [R] 491:1
Citation: 
‘Representation’ (pub. 13.01.15-10:06). 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-logical-tracts-no-1-existential-graphs-2.
Posted: 
Jan 13, 2015, 10:06 by Mats Bergman