The Commens Dictionary
Quote from ‘Pragmatism’
Term:
Quote:
How shall we name the entire mental effect which a sign of itself is calculated, in its proper significative function, to produce? The word signification is somewhat too narrow, since, as examples will soon show, this mental effect may be of the nature of an emotion or that of an effort. No existing word is sufficiently appropriate. Permit me to call this total proper effect of the sign taken by itself the interpretant of the sign.
Date:
1907
References:
EP 2:429; MS [R] 318:40-1
Citation:
‘Interpretant’ (pub. 13.10.15-16:20). 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-32.