The Commens Dictionary

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

Term: 
Interpretant
Quote: 

…by an interpretant we mean a representation which represents that something is a representation of something else of which it is itself a representation.

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 1:474
Citation: 
‘Interpretant’ (pub. 26.10.15-12:03). 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-4.
Posted: 
Oct 26, 2015, 12:03 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Oct 26, 2015, 12:04 by Mats Bergman