The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Pragmatism’

Term: 
Real Object
Quote: 

…all logicians have distinguished two objects of a sign: the Immediate object or object as the sign represents it, (and without this one, a sign would not be a sign); the other [the] Real object, or object as it is independent of any particular idea representing it. Of course, many signs have no real objects.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1907). Pragmatism. MS [R] 318
Date: 
1907
References: 
MS [R] 318:15
Citation: 
‘Real Object’ (pub. 15.10.15-10:32). 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-76.
Posted: 
Oct 15, 2015, 10:32 by Mats Bergman