The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Telepathy’

Term: 
Index
Quote: 

… what is an index, or true symptom? It is something which, without any rational necessitation, is forced by blind fact to correspond to its object.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1903). Telepathy. MS [R] 881
Date: 
1903
References: 
CP 7.628
Citation: 
‘Index’ (pub. 05.05.13-10:26). 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-telepathy-0.
Posted: 
May 05, 2013, 10:26 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:57 by Commens Admin