The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Pragmatism’

Term: 
Interpretant
Quote: 

For the proper significate outcome of a sign, I propose the name, the interpretant of the sign. The example of the imperative command shows that it need not be of a mental mode of being.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1907). Pragmatism. MS [R] 318
Date: 
1907
References: 
CP 5.473
Citation: 
‘Interpretant’ (pub. 15.08.13-16:35). 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-8.
Posted: 
Aug 15, 2013, 16:35 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Nov 25, 2015, 12:01 by Mats Bergman