The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Reason's Rules’

Term: 
Object
Quote: 

…I shall endeavor consistently to employ the word ‘object’ […] to mean that which a sign, so far as it fulfills the function of a sign, enables one who knows the sign, and knows it as a a sign, to know.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1902 [c.]). Reason's Rules. MS [R] 599
Date: 
1902 [c.]
References: 
MS [R] 599:30-31
Citation: 
‘Object’ (pub. 19.01.15-15:40). 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-reasons-rules-8.
Posted: 
Jan 19, 2015, 15:40 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Jan 19, 2015, 15:43 by Mats Bergman