The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Some Consequences of Four Incapacities’

Term: 
Sign
Quote: 

…a sign has, as such, three references: 1st, it is a sign to some thought which interprets it; 2d, it is a sign for some object to which in that thought it is equivalent; 3d, it is a sign, in some respect or quality, which brings it into connection with its object.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1868). Some Consequences of Four Incapacities
Date: 
1868
References: 
W 2:223
Citation: 
‘Sign’ (pub. 25.10.15-16:35). 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-some-consequences-four-incapacities-8.
Posted: 
Oct 25, 2015, 16:35 by Mats Bergman