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Quote from ‘Prolegomena to an Apology for Pragmaticism’

Quote: 

In regard to the Interpretant we have […] to distinguish, in the first place, the Immediate Interpretant, which is the interpretant as it is revealed in the right understanding of the Sign itself, and is ordinarily called the meaning of the sign; while in the second place, we have to take note of the Dynamical Interpretant which is the actual effect which the Sign, as a Sign, really determines. Finally there is what I provisionally term the Final Interpretant, which refers to the manner in which the Sign tends to represent itself to be related to its Object. I confess that my own conception of this third interpretant is not yet quite free from mist.

Date: 
1906
References: 
CP 4.536
Citation: 
‘Dynamical Interpretant’ (pub. 16.08.13-17:24). 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-prolegomena-apology-pragmaticism-16.
Posted: 
Aug 16, 2013, 17:24 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:55 by Commens Admin