The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Sign’

Term: 
Symbol
Quote: 

A symbol is a sign which would lose the character which renders it a sign if there were no interpretant. Such is any utterance of speech which signifies what it does only by virtue of its being understood to have that signification.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1902). Sign. In: Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, Vol. II
Date: 
1902
References: 
DPP2, 527; CP 2.304
Citation: 
‘Symbol’ (pub. 28.04.13-19:18). 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-sign-1.
Posted: 
Apr 28, 2013, 19:18 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:57 by Commens Admin