The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Pragmatism’

Term: 
Object
Quote: 

That thing which causes a sign as such is called the object (according to the usage of speech, the “real,” but more accurately, the existent object) represented by the sign: the sign is determined to some species of correspondence with that object.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1907). Pragmatism. MS [R] 318
Date: 
1907
References: 
CP 5.473
Citation: 
‘Object’ (pub. 25.11.15-12:00). 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-94.
Posted: 
Nov 25, 2015, 12:00 by Mats Bergman