The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘On the Foundations of Mathematics’

Quote: 

Even an ‘icon,’ if it is going to be a sign, at all, must be related to an object of which it is the sign. But what makes it suitable to be a sign is that it possesses certain qualities. Those qualities it would possess just the same though the object did not exist.

Date: 
1904
References: 
MS [R] 8:3
Citation: 
‘Icon’ (pub. 20.08.17-14:46). 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-foundations-mathematics-3.
Posted: 
Aug 20, 2017, 14:46 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Aug 20, 2017, 14:52 by Mats Bergman