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

Quote: 

An Icon is a sign which refers to the Object that it denotes merely by virtue of characters of its own and which it possesses, just the same, whether any such Object actually exists or not. It is true that unless there really is such an Object, the Icon does not act [as] a sign; but this has nothing to do with its character as a sign. Anything whatever, be it quality, existent individual, or law, is an icon of anything, in so far as it is like that thing and used as a sign of it.

Date: 
1903
References: 
EP 2:291
Citation: 
‘Icon’ (pub. 28.04.13-19:55). 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-determine-5.
Posted: 
Apr 28, 2013, 19:55 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:57 by Commens Admin