The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘The Basis of Pragmaticism’

Quote: 

[A sign] must be determined to correspond, according to some principle, and by some species of causation, with something else, called its Object. In a word, whether physically, rationally, or otherwise directly or indirectly, its Object, as agent, acts upon the sign, as patient.

Date: 
1905
References: 
MS [R] 283
Citation: 
‘Object’ (pub. 12.08.13-20:23). 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-basis-pragmaticism-5.
Posted: 
Aug 12, 2013, 20:23 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:55 by Commens Admin