The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Letters to Paul Carus’

Term: 
Sign
Quote: 

A sign in general is 1st something Real, that is 2nd applicable to an object different from itself and already known to the person to whom it is a sign, and 3rd is capable of interpretation in the mind of that person, so that it will (or would if accepted as veracious sign) have some effect upon him of a kind it was calculated or fit to have.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1890-1913). Letters to Paul Carus. MS [L] 77
Date: 
1910 [c.]
References: 
ILS 284
Citation: 
‘Sign’ (pub. 19.09.14-16:39). 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-letters-paul-carus-8.
Posted: 
Sep 19, 2014, 16:39 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Sep 19, 2014, 16:40 by Mats Bergman