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Quote from ‘Lowell Lectures on The Logic of Science; or Induction and Hypothesis: Lecture IX’

Term: 
Information
Quote: 

The reason why

Extension X Comprehension = Information

is that Extension and Comprehension can only be reckoned by the interpretants, each interpretant measuring either the one or the other.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1866). Lowell Lectures on The Logic of Science; or Induction and Hypothesis: Lecture IX. MS [R] 357; MS [W] 130
Date: 
1866
References: 
W 1:479
Citation: 
‘Information’ (pub. 07.01.15-12:20). 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-lowell-lectures-logic-science-or-induction-and-hypothesis-lecture-ix-3.
Posted: 
Jan 07, 2015, 12:20 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2015, 12:22 by Mats Bergman