The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Meaning Preface’

Term: 
Object
Quote: 

[The Sign can only] represent the Object and tell about it. It cannot furnish acquaintance with or recognition of that Object; for that is what is meant in this volume by the Object of a Sign; namely, that with which it presupposes an acquaintance in order to convey some further information concerning it.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1909). Meaning Preface. MS [R] 637
Date: 
1909
References: 
MS [R] 637:31
Citation: 
‘Object’ (pub. 07.04.15-20:41). 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-meaning-preface-11.
Posted: 
Apr 07, 2015, 20:41 by Mats Bergman