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Quote from ‘Syllabus: Nomenclature and Division of Triadic Relations, as far as they are determined’

Term: 
Qualisign
Quote: 

… a Qualisign is any quality in so far as it is a sign. Since a quality is whatever it is positively in itself, a quality can only denote an object by virtue of some common ingredient or similarity; so that a Qualisign is necessarily an Icon. Further, since a quality is a mere logical possibility, it can only be interpreted as a sign of essence, that is, as a Rheme.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1903). Syllabus: Nomenclature and Division of Triadic Relations, as far as they are determined. MS [R] 540
Date: 
1903
References: 
EP 2:294
Editorial Annotations: 

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Citation: 
‘Qualisign’ (pub. 09.08.13-13:48). 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-syllabus-nomenclature-and-division-triadic-relations-far-they-are-determin-11.
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Aug 09, 2013, 13:48 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:57 by Commens Admin