Singular

Keyword: Singular


Dictionary Entry | Posted 21/08/2017
Quote from "Foundations of Mathematics [R]"

If a sign allows no latitude, either to utterer or to interpreter, as t what object or meaning it shall be regarded as representing, it may be called a singular sign...

Dictionary Entry | Posted 21/08/2017
Quote from "Foundations of Mathematics [R]"

If a sign refers to an object well known already to utterer and interpreter, and gives neither party any latitude as to what it represents, it may be called a singular...

Dictionary Entry | Posted 21/08/2017
Quote from "Foundations of Mathematics [R]"

…a sign cannot be at once vague and general in the same respect. It may, however, be both definite and individual; and in that case may be said to be used singularly...

Dictionary Entry | Posted 14/08/2017
Quote from "Definitions for Baldwin's Dictionary [R]"

Singular. Not general; being in one place at one time.

Dictionary Entry | Posted 14/08/2017
Quote from "Singular"

(1) Applicable, as a sign, to a single individual.

(2) In mathematics: a singular place upon a continuum is a place whose properties differ from those of all...

Article in Journal | Posted 01/03/2016
West, Donna E. (2014). Peirce's Matrix of Individuation: The Work of Pronouns in Attentional Phenomena
Peirce’s distinction between individuals and singulars is examined in light of developmental advances in pronoun use. While singulars individuate tokens of types/kinds, individuals assert their utter...