The Commens Dictionary

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

Term: 
Representation
Quote: 

…a representation is something which stands for something. I will not undertake to analyze […] this conception of standing for something — but, it is sufficiently plain that it involves the standing to something for something.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1866). Lowell Lectures on The Logic of Science; or Induction and Hypothesis: Lecture VII. MS [W] 129; MS [R] 356, 345, 919, 1571
Date: 
1866
References: 
W 1:466
Citation: 
‘Representation’ (pub. 26.10.15-11:34). 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-vii-1.
Posted: 
Oct 26, 2015, 11:34 by Mats Bergman