The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Pragmatism’

Term: 
Interpretant
Quote: 

A ‘sign’, I say, shall be understood as anything which represents itself to convey an influence from an Object, so that this may intelligently determine a ‘meaning’, or ‘interpretant’

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1907). Pragmatism. MS [R] 318
Date: 
1907
References: 
MS [R] 318:163
Citation: 
‘Interpretant’ (pub. 12.08.13-21:00). 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-7.
Posted: 
Aug 12, 2013, 21:00 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:55 by Commens Admin