The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Letters to William James’

Quote: 

We must distinguish between the Immediate Object, - i.e., the Object as represented in the sign, - and the Real (no, because perhaps the Object is altogether fictive, I must choose a different term; therefore:), say rather the Dynamical Object, which, from the nature of things, the Sign cannot express, which it can only indicate and leave the interpreter to find out by collateral experience.

Date: 
1909
References: 
EP 2:498
Citation: 
‘Dynamical Object’ (pub. 18.08.13-18:02). 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-william-james-19.
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Aug 18, 2013, 18:02 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 00:55 by Commens Admin