The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Miscellaneous Fragments [R]’

Term: 
Index
Quote: 

An Index is a sign whose signative virtue resides in its factual relation to its object. Certainly, not everything that is in factual relation to another, or is seen to be so, is thereby an index of that other.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (nd). Miscellaneous Fragments [R]. MS [R] S104
Date: 
nd
References: 
MS [R] S104
Citation: 
‘Index’ (pub. 26.08.17-16:46). 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-miscellaneous-fragments-r-8.
Posted: 
Aug 26, 2017, 16:46 by Mats Bergman