The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Pragmatism’

Term: 
Real Object
Quote: 

… the requaesitum which we have been seeking is simply that which the sign “stands for,” or the idea of that which it is calculated to awaken. [—]

This requaesitum I term the Object of the sign; - the immediate object, if it be the idea which the sign is built upon, the real object, if it be that real thing or circumstance upon which that idea is founded, as on bedrock.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1907). Pragmatism. MS [R] 318
Date: 
1907
References: 
EP 2:407
Citation: 
‘Real Object’ (pub. 18.08.13-18:08). 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-pragmatism-14.
Posted: 
Aug 18, 2013, 18:08 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:55 by Commens Admin