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 Seme, I shall mean anything which serves for any purpose as a substitute for an object of which it is, in some sense, a representative or Sign. The logical Term, which is a class-name, is a Seme. Thus, the term “The mortality of man” is a Seme.

Date: 
1906
References: 
CP 4.538
Citation: 
‘Seme’ (pub. 18.08.13-18:57). 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-21.
Posted: 
Aug 18, 2013, 18:57 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:55 by Commens Admin