The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Notes on Portions of Hume's "Treatise on Human Nature"’

Term: 
Symbol
Quote: 

…by a symbol I mean a sign which represents its object only by virtue of the fact that it will be interpreted as doing so.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1905). Notes on Portions of Hume's "Treatise on Human Nature". MS [R] 939
Date: 
1905
References: 
MS [R] 939:26
Citation: 
‘Symbol’ (pub. 13.10.15-12:10). 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-notes-portions-humes-treatise-human-nature-6.
Posted: 
Oct 13, 2015, 12:10 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Oct 13, 2015, 13:14 by Mats Bergman