The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘New Elements (Kaina stoiceia)’

Term: 
Argument
Quote: 

I have already defined an argument as a sign which separately monstrates what its intended interpretant is, and a proposition as a sign which separately indicates [what] its object is; and we have seen that the icon alone cannot be a proposition while the symbol alone can be an argument. [—] It will be observed that an argument is a symbol which separately monstrates (in any way) its purposed interpretant.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1904 [c.]). New Elements (Kaina stoiceia). MS [R] 517
Date: 
1904 [c.]
References: 
EP 2:308
Citation: 
‘Argument’ (pub. 13.01.13-16:58). 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-new-elements-kaina-stoiceia.
Posted: 
Jan 13, 2013, 16:58 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Nov 16, 2015, 14:29 by Mats Bergman