The Commens Dictionary

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

Quote: 

A Rheme is a Sign which, for its Interpretant, is a Sign of qualitative Possibility, that is, is understood as representing such and such a kind of possible Object. Any rheme, perhaps, will afford some information; but it is not interpreted as doing so.
[—] Or we may say that a Rheme is a sign which is understood to represent its Object in its characters merely

Date: 
1903
References: 
EP 2:292
Citation: 
‘Rhema’ (pub. 18.08.13-20:15). 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-14.
Posted: 
Aug 18, 2013, 20:15 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:55 by Commens Admin