The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Prolegomena to an Apology for Pragmaticism’

Term: 
Interpretant
Quote: 

… a Sign has an Object and an Interpretant, the latter being that which the Sign produces in the Quasi-mind that is the Interpreter by determining the latter to a feeling, to an exertion, or to a Sign, which determination is the Interpretant.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1906). Prolegomena to an Apology for Pragmaticism
Date: 
1906
References: 
CP 4.536
Citation: 
‘Interpretant’ (pub. 12.08.13-20:57). 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-prolegomena-apology-pragmaticism-13.
Posted: 
Aug 12, 2013, 20:57 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:55 by Commens Admin