The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Prolegomena to an Apology for Pragmaticism’

Quote: 

A familiar logical triplet is Term, Proposition, Argument. In order to make this a division of all signs, the first two members have to be much widened. [—] By a Pheme I mean a Sign which is equivalent to a grammatical sentence, whether it be Interrogative, Imperative, or Assertory. In any case, such a Sign is intended to have some sort of compulsive effect on the Interpreter of it.

Date: 
1906
References: 
CP 4.538
Citation: 
‘Pheme’ (pub. 18.08.13-09:16). 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-18.
Posted: 
Aug 18, 2013, 09:16 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:55 by Commens Admin