The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Pragmatism’

Term: 
Logical Interpretant
Quote: 

…there is a third interpretant, to which no object of the sign corresponds. It is what we commonly call the meaning of the sign; but I call it the logical interpretant, or logical meaning of the sign. [—] It is not, however, all signs that have logical interpretants…

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1907). Pragmatism. MS [R] 318
Date: 
1907
References: 
MS [R] 318:17-9
Citation: 
‘Logical Interpretant’ (pub. 15.10.15-11:11). 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-79.
Posted: 
Oct 15, 2015, 11:11 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Oct 15, 2015, 11:39 by Mats Bergman