The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Pragmatism’

Quote: 

It is important to understand what I mean by semiosis. All dynamical action, or action of brute force, physical or psychical, either takes place between two subjects (whether they react equally upon each other, or one is agent and the other patient, entirely or partially) or at any rate is a resultant of such actions between pairs. But by “semiosis” I mean, on the contrary, an action, or influence, which is, or involves, a coöperation of three subjects, such as a sign, its object, and its interpretant, this tri-relative influence not being in any way resolvable into actions between pairs.

Date: 
1907
References: 
EP 2:411
Citation: 
‘Semiosis’ (pub. 19.08.13-18:59). 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-pragmatism-16.
Posted: 
Aug 19, 2013, 18:59 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:55 by Commens Admin