The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Pragmatism’

Term: 
Real Object
Quote: 

The immediate object is the object as the sign represents it: the real object is that same object as it is, in its own mode of being, independent of the sign or any other representation. [—] The real object corresponds to the existential meaning very obviously.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1907). Pragmatism. MS [R] 318
Date: 
1907
References: 
MS [R] 318:24-6
Citation: 
‘Real Object’ (pub. 14.10.15-18:12). 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-62.
Posted: 
Oct 14, 2015, 18:12 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Oct 14, 2015, 18:19 by Mats Bergman